Built by Massie, Thomas; et al. NRHP Reference # 09000395 Area 9.5 ha | Architectural style Federal VLR # 062-0428 Added to NRHP 3 June 2009 | |
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Location 2325 Pharsalia Rd., Tyro, Virginia Built c. 1814 (1814)-1816, c. 1834 | ||
Pharsalia is a historic plantation house and farm complex located near Tyro, Nelson County, Virginia. The main house was built between 1814 and 1816, and is a one-story, 11 bay, linear, single-pile, Federal style, frame manor house. It has a standing seam metal gable roof and features a three-bay porch with a gable roof. It was enlarged in the mid-19th century to its current T-shaped plan. Also on the property are the contributing kitchen / laundry / slave hospital (1834), icehouse / School (c. 1834), crib barn (c. 1830), smokehouse (1814), weaving Room (c. 1814), several slave quarters (c. 1814, 1834), and privy (c. 1814). Also on the property are the sites of a commercial smokehouse (c. 1830) and mill (c. 1830).
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
