River House (Virginia)

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River House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Virginia Landmarks Register

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Location	US 17/50, 2.5 mi. E of Millwood, near Millwood, Virginia
Coordinates	39°02′26″N 78°00′09″W / 39.04056°N 78.00250°W / 39.04056; -78.00250Coordinates: 39°02′26″N 78°00′09″W / 39.04056°N 78.00250°W / 39.04056; -78.00250
Area	17 acres (6.9 ha)
Built	c. 1820 (1820)
Architectural style	Early Republic, Vernacular Federal
NRHP Reference #	93001440^[1]
VLR #	021-0064
Added to NRHP	December 23, 1993
Designated VLR	October 20, 1993^[2]

River House, also known as The Ferry Farm, is a historic plantation house located near Millwood, Clarke County, Virginia. It was built about 1820, and is a two-story, five bay, rubble limestone dwelling in a vernacular Federal-style. It has a gable roof with wide interior-end chimneys. Also on the property is a rare three-part slave or servants' house and an early smokehouse.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.^[1] It is located in the Greenway Historic District.

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
↑ Calder Loth (August 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: River House" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. and Accompanying photo

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