Kenmore Farm
Farmhouse seen from Kenmore Road
Kenmore Farm is located in Virginia
Kenmore Farm
Kenmore Farm is located in the United States
Kenmore Farm
Location369 Kenmore Rd., Amherst, Virginia
Coordinates37°35′35″N 79°5′26″W / 37.59306°N 79.09056°W / 37.59306; -79.09056
Area131.6 acres (53.3 ha)
Builtc. 1856 (1856)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.15000012[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 17, 2015

Kenmore Farm is a historic farm and educational property at 369 Kenmore Road, just outside Amherst, Virginia. The centerpiece of the more than 130-acre (53 ha) property is a c. 1856 brick Greek Revival farmhouse, built by Samuel Garland, Sr., a prominent local lawyer and politician. The property was used intermittently between 1872 and 1899 as a preparatory high school, operated by Henry Aubrey Strode, who later became the first president of Clemson University. As such, its building complex includes a dormitory and apartment building in addition to a variety of mainly agricultural outbuildings, among which are a corn crib and barn, and the remnants of an outdoor summer kitchen. The property has seen predominantly agricultural use in the 20th century.[2]

The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Kenmore Farm" (PDF). Virginia DHR. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
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