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River House (Virginia)

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Built
  
c. 1820 (1820)

VLR #
  
021-0064

Area
  
7 ha

NRHP Reference #
  
93001440

Designated VLR
  
October 20, 1993

Added to NRHP
  
23 December 1993

River House (Virginia)

Location
  
US 17/50, 2.5 mi. E of Millwood, near Millwood, Virginia

Architectural style
  
Early Republic, Vernacular Federal

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.

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

References

River House (Virginia) Wikipedia