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VLR Listing Date 12/15/2011
NRHP Listing Date 02/08/2012
NRHP Reference Number 12000018
Updyke Farm consists of 362 acres in mountainous Bland County and a house built circa 1910 for Junius Marcellus Updyke. Together the main house and associated outbuildings provide an outstanding example of early-20th century vernacular domestic and agricultural architecture in Southwest Virginia. The farm includes an unusual two-story smokehouse, and an intact collection of early-20th-century agricultural outbuildings as well as a family cemetery.
Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark
Updated March 26, 2020
