053-0739

James Farm

Loudoun (County)

VLR Listing Date

2018-09-20

NRHP Listing Date

2019-03-18

NHL Listing Date

NA

NRHP Reference Number

SG100003543

The James Farm, located west of the village of Hillsboro in Northern Virginia’s Loudoun County, serves as a local example of vernacular building construction and materials. The original circa 1786, two-story, single-pile one-room-plan dwelling was expanded around 1835 into a hall-parlor plan with a one-and-one-half-story lateral addition; in the early 1900s, it expanded again with a kitchen addition. The farmhouse’s detailing displays vernacular derivations of the Federal and Greek Revival styles that were popular during the 19th century. The presence of multiple intact and contributing agricultural dependencies, and a second residence, a Colonial Revival farmhouse built around 1920, illustrate the evolution of a working Virginia farm across more than a century, beginning with the modest original stone dwelling and ending with the larger, modern Colonial Revival dwelling.

Last Updated: March 24, 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: Casey DeHaven/DHR, 2018

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