Hume Historic District

Hume Historic District

Hume Historic District, September 2012
Location Hume & Leeds Manor Rds., Hume, Virginia
Coordinates 38°49′55″N 77°59′58″W / 38.83194°N 77.99944°W / 38.83194; -77.99944Coordinates: 38°49′55″N 77°59′58″W / 38.83194°N 77.99944°W / 38.83194; -77.99944
Area 63 acres (25 ha)
Built 1787 (1787)
Architectural style Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian
NRHP Reference # 08000070[1]
VLR # 030-5158
Significant dates
Added to NRHP February 21, 2008
Designated VLR December 5, 2007[2]

Hume Historic District is a national historic district located at Hume, Fauquier County, Virginia. It encompasses 59 contributing buildings in the rural village of Hume. The majority of the buildings in the district are vernacular in nature and are late-19th- to early- 20th-century frame dwellings of the side-passage and I-house form. It also contains three commercial buildings, a church, two schools, and a former tavern. Notable buildings include Barbee’s Tavern (c. 1787), “The Dell,” the parsonage for Leeds Church (c. 1855), former Captain Marshall’s Store (c. 1860), the African-American Hume School (c. 1906), the former Hume Methodist Church (c. 1900), and the Hume Baptist Church (1921).[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Maral S. Kalbian and Margaret T. Peters (June 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hume Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos


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