Smithfield Farm

Historic house in Virginia, United States

United States historic place

Significant dates

Smithfield Farm
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register

Smithfield, April 2013
39°10′15″N 77°54′02″W / 39.17083°N 77.90056°W / 39.17083; -77.90056
Area	347 acres (140 ha)
Built	c. 1820 (1820)
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	01000148^[1]
VLR No.	021-0349
Added to NRHP	February 16, 2001
Designated VLR	March 15, 2000^[2]

Smithfield Farm is a historic plantation house and farm located near Berryville, Clarke County, Virginia, United States. The manor house was completed in 1824, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick dwelling in the Federal style. It has a low-hipped roof and front and rear porticos. Also on the property are a schoolteacher's residence and a combination farm office and a summer kitchen, each with stepped parapet faҫades. Also on the property are the contributing large brick bank barn (1822), a brick equipment shed, a slave quarters, and a stone stable, all built around 1820, and a wooden barn (c. 1830).^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.^[1] Presently the house is a popular bed & breakfast, and home to organic farmer and New York Times best-selling author^[4] Forrest Pritchard, son of Ruth Smith Pritchard, owner of the bed and breakfast and a direct descendant of the original owners of Smithfield.

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
^ Edward Pritchard (December 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Smithfield Farm" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. and Accompanying photo
^ "Best Sellers - The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-05-06.