030-0742

Green Pastures

Fauquier (County)

VLR Listing Date

2002-03-13

NRHP Listing Date

2002-05-29

NHL Listing Date

NA

NRHP Reference Number

2000596

Green Pastures is a 236-acre hunt-country estate containing a Colonial Revival–style main house, stable, barns, cottages, and agricultural outbuildings. Designed by New York architect Penrose V. Stout for industrialist Robert Earl McConnell and built about 1931, the house displays bold ornamentation in its hand-carved entrance pilasters, cantilevered spiral staircase, and rare pecky cypress paneling and classical columns on the interior. McConnell amassed great wealth in the early 20th century as a mining engineer and financier, but is best known for accumulating and developing vital materials for the nation’s war effort during World War II. He served as CEO of the former German subsidiary General Aniline and Film Corporation for the Treasury Department, developed a logarithmic security chart to monitor industrial stocks, and financed groundbreaking communication inventions. Located in Fauquier County’s Little River Rural Historic District, Green Pastures represents McConnell’s interest in agricultural pursuits and foxhunting in the Virginia Piedmont.

Last Updated: June 2, 2023

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Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark

Photo credit: Cheryl H. Shepherd & Ruth Barnish, 2010

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