VA 665 S of jct. with VA 40, Stoney Creek, Virginia. County/parish: Dinwiddie.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 05, 1991. NRIS 91000020.
5 contributing buildings. 2 contributing sites. 2 contributing structures.Also known as:
Rose Bower is a historic farm complex located at Stoney Creek, Dinwiddie County, Virginia. The first building on the property is the 1+1⁄2-story kitchen built about 1818 as the primary dwelling. The main dwelling was built in 1826 during the Federal period. It is a two-story, frame, hall-parlor-plan house with a 1+1⁄2-story rear ell. Also on the property are a contributing early well cover, smokehouse, and the Rose family cemetery.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
There is a Rose Bower in Devon, England. Its farm 'Narramore' has held a smokehouse for fish, kippers and mackerel, and a few rabbits. The property has been developed with extensive gardens. Most of the property is devoted to a working stud farm for thoroughbred horses.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680398