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Green Pastures (Middleburg, Virginia)

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Historic house in Virginia, United States United States historic place
Green Pastures
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location2337 Zulla Rd., near Middleburg, Virginia
Coordinates38°56′20″N 77°47′32″W / 38.93889°N 77.79222°W / 38.93889; -77.79222
Area236.1 acres (95.5 ha)
Built1931 (1931)-1932
ArchitectStout, Penrose V.; Fuller, Arthur K., et al.
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.02000596
VLR No.030-0742
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 29, 2002
Designated VLRMarch 13, 2002

Green Pastures is a historic home and farm complex and national historic district located near Middleburg, Fauquier County, Virginia. Recognized as having been owned by industrialist and financier Robert Earll McConnell, the district encompasses 13 contributing buildings built between 1931 and 1947. The include a Colonial Revival style manor house inspired by Mount Vernon, a smokehouse, stable, hostlers' quarters, farmer's cottage, garage and cow shed, chicken house and cow barn designed by New York architect Penrose V. Stout and built between 1931 and 1932; a stone sheep shed, a masonry workshop, a metal machine shed and log cabin built between 1935 and 1947. The frame manor house consist of a 2+1⁄2-story, seven-bay central section flanked by hyphens connected to two-story flanking wings.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Cheryl H. Shepherd (October 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Green Pastures" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
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