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.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
- ^ Shirley Maxwell; James C. Massey & Mary Kell (April 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Shenandoah County Farm" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
- ^ "Fire Destroys Historic Alms House at Shenandoah County Farm". www.whsv.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-18.
