Shenandoah County Farm

N side VA 654, 4000 ft. E of jct. with US 11, Maurertown, Virginia. County/parish: Shenandoah.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 29, 1993. NRIS 93001122.

3 contributing buildings. 2 contributing sites. 1 contributing structure.

Also known as:

  • 85-86
  • Beckford Parish Glebe Farm
  • Shenandoah County Almshouse

From Wikipedia:

Shenandoah County Farm

Shenandoah County Farm, also known as the Shenandoah County Almshouse and Beckford Parish Glebe Farm, is a historic almshouse and poor farm located near Maurertown, Shenandoah County, Virginia. The almshouse was built in 1829, and is a large, brick Federal style institutional building. It consists of a two-story, five-bay central section flanked by one-story, eight-bay, flanking wings. A nearly identical building is at the Frederick County Poor Farm. A two-story, rear kitchen wing was added about 1850. Also on the property are the contributing stone spring house, a large modern frame barn (1952), a frame meat house (1894), a cemetery, and a portion of an American Civil War encampment site, occupied by Union troops prior to the Battle of Tom's Brook.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

It was destroyed by fire in the early morning of April 13, 2014.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683623

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