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Markham Historic District

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
05001261

Designated VLR
  
September 14, 2005

Added to NRHP
  
17 November 2005

Architectural style
  
Greek Revival, et al.

VLR #
  
030-5157

Year built
  
1811

Markham Historic District

Location
  
Pts of E. John Marshall Hwy, Farm House Rd., Leeds Manor Rd., Old Markham Rd. Poverty Hollow Ln, Rail Stop Rd. etc., Markham, Virginia

Markham Historic District is a national historic district located at Markham, Fauquier County, Virginia. It encompasses 44 contributing buildings and 4 contributing sites in the rural villages of Farrowsville and Markham. The majority of resources in the district were constructed in the mid- and late 19th century and include multiple dwellings, a hotel, as well as commercial buildings, and a train station. The district also contains early-20th-century dwellings. Notable buildings include Mountain View (c. 1811), Wolfs Crag (c. 1820), Rosebank (c. 1870), Markham School (1918), the 1819 stone Upper Goose Creek Church, and the former Markham Freight Station (c. 1900).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

References

Markham Historic District Wikipedia