McClung Farm Historic District is a historic home and national historic district located at McDowell, Highland County, Virginia. The district encompasses seven contributing buildings, three contributing sites, and three contributing structures. The main house was built in 1844, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick dwelling with a single-pile, central-passage plan and an original two-story rear addition in a vernacular Federal style. It has a three-bay-wide front porch. The contributing buildings and structures besides the house include: a large barn, a small barn, a cattle ramp, an outhouse, a corncrib, a smokehouse, a shed, and the Clover Creek Presbyterian Church and its outhouse. The contributing sites are a wood shed foundation, the ruins of the McClung Mill, and the Clover Creek Presbyterian Church cemetery.[3]
McClung Farm Historic District | |
 Clover Creek Presbyterian Church, part of the historic district | |
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| Location | Address Restricted, McDowell, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°16′11″N 79°32′31″W / 38.26972°N 79.54194°W |
| Area | 202 acres (82 ha) |
| Built | 1844 |
| Built by | Smiley, James |
| Architectural style | Federal, Vernacular Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 90002195[1] |
| VLR No. | 045-0011 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | January 25, 1991 |
| Designated VLR | August 21, 1990[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. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ Charles M. Wilke and Lorraine G. White (August 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: McClung Farm Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine