Virginia Department of Historic Resources Virginia Department of Historic Resources
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VLR Listing Date 03/15/2000
NRHP Listing Date 02/16/2001
NRHP Reference Number 01000148
Smithfield Farm, located within view of the Blue Ridge Mountains in northern Clarke County on the West Virginia border, was established in 1816 by Edward Jacquelin Smith, a prosperous farmer who built a stylish Federal-style brick residence on the site in 1824. The two-story, hip-roofed dwelling features wide multi-paned windows, a front entrance with sidelights and a fanlight, a brick modillion cornice, and a one-story pedimented Tuscan portico. Flanking the house are two two-story brick dependencies with stepped gable parapets. One dependency was originally used as a schoolteacher’s residence and the other as a combination farm office and summer kitchen. Built in the late 1840s, the outbuildings complement the formality and symmetry of the main house. Near the house and dependencies is a large brick bank barn (built against a hill) that dates to the 1820s and is the largest of its kind in Clarke County. The property contributes to the Long Marsh Run Rural Historic District.
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Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark
Updated: May 11, 2021
