Four Locust Farm
Four Locust Farm is located in Virginia
Four Locust Farm
Four Locust Farm is located in the United States
Four Locust Farm
LocationU.S. Route 15, near Keysville, Virginia
Coordinates37°3′30″N 78°28′47″W / 37.05833°N 78.47972°W / 37.05833; -78.47972
Area332.9 acres (134.7 ha)
Builtc. 1859 (1859)
NRHP reference No.09001053[1]
VLR No.019-5206
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 3, 2009
Designated VLRSeptember 17, 2009[2]

Four Locust Farm, also known as Pettus Dairy Farm, is a historic home and farm complex located near Keysville, Charlotte County, Virginia. The property includes a vernacular farm house dwelling, built around 1859, and a row of 20th-century farm buildings. The house is a two-story, three-bay-wide, frame dwelling that is covered by a low-pitched, hipped roof of standing-seam metal, and clad with weatherboards. Farm buildings include frame and masonry dairy/hay barns, silos, a milk house, workshop, equipment sheds, cattle pens, and tenant houses. The farm produced tobacco from 1919 until 1925; beginning in 1925, the farm turned to dairy production with a 100-head Holstein-Friesian herd. In 1962, the farm ended its dairy operations and turned to beef cattle production. The farm is now owned and operated by Pettus's grandson, Zach Tucker.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Debra A. McClane (June 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Four Locust Farm" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. and Accompanying five photos
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