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Oak Spring Farm

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Location
  
SR 706 at US 11

Built by
  
William Moore

Opened
  
1826

Architectural style
  
Federal architecture

Built
  
1826 (1826)

NRHP Reference #
  
94000780

Area
  
6 ha

Added to NRHP
  
19 October 1994

Oak Spring Farm

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Oak Spring Farm is a historic farm located in Rockbridge County, Virginia, near the community of Steeles Tavern. The farm's oldest building, its I-house style farmhouse, was built in 1826 by William Moore. The name of the farm came from a nearby spring originally used by Native American hunters. In 1845, Uriah Fultz purchased the farm; he later gave it to his brother Isaac, who opened a blacksmith shop on the property. In 1860, a two-story horizontal plank addition was placed on the house. The farm's bank barn, added in 1878 is one of the largest in the United States; it replaced the previous barn, which had been destroyed in the Civil War.

The farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 19, 1994.

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Oak Spring Farm Wikipedia