Bowyer–Trollinger Farm is a historic home and farm located at Childress, Montgomery County, Virginia. The farmhouse was built in four sections beginning in about 1825 and ending in about 1910. It started as a three-bay, two-story, apparently rectangular, single-pen log dwelling. Also on the property are the contributing farm office, mid-19th-century washhouse, spring house, barn, and corn crib, and an early 20th-century apple house/carbide gas lighting outbuilding.[3]
Bowyer–Trollinger Farm | |
 Bowyer–Trollinger Farm, October 2013 | |
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| Location | VA 600 north of the junction with VA 693, Childress, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°4′2″N 80°30′24″W / 37.06722°N 80.50667°W |
| Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
| Architectural style | Single-pen plan |
| MPS | Montgomery County MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 90002167[1] |
| VLR No. | 060-0084 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | February 1, 1991 |
| Designated VLR | June 20, 1989[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Gibson Worsham (June 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bowyer–Trollinger Farm" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo