Smithland Farm

Smithland Farm
Location U.S. Route 35 between Lower Nine Mile Rd. and Lower Five Mile Rd., near Henderson, West Virginia
Coordinates 38°46′42″N 82°3′2″W / 38.77833°N 82.05056°W / 38.77833; -82.05056Coordinates: 38°46′42″N 82°3′2″W / 38.77833°N 82.05056°W / 38.77833; -82.05056
Area 800 acres (320 ha)
Built 1869
Architectural style Greek Revival, Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference # 03001061[1]
Added to NRHP October 17, 2003

Smithland Farm, also known as the General John McCausland Memorial Farm, is a historic home and farm located near Henderson, Mason County, West Virginia. The main house is two-story frame structure constructed in 1869. The house a side-gabled, two-story, weatherboarded frame structure with a two-story frame wing. The property includes a contributing corncrib (c. 1950), silo (c. 1930), pole barn (c. 1930s), barn (early 1900s), main barn (early 1900s), block school (c. 1915-1920), and Poffenbarger Cemetery (late 1900s). It was for many years part of a larger farm owned by Confederate General John McCausland. The West Virginia Department of Agriculture acquired the farm in 1981.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Michael J. Pulice (February 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Smithland Farm" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-05.


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