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Junius Marcellus Updyke Farm

Coordinates: 37°7′31″N 81°0′59″W / 37.12528°N 81.01639°W / 37.12528; -81.01639
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Junius Marcellus Updyke Farm
Roadside view of the farmhouse
Junius Marcellus Updyke Farm is located in Virginia
Junius Marcellus Updyke Farm
Junius Marcellus Updyke Farm is located in the United States
Junius Marcellus Updyke Farm
Location4859 E. Bluegrass Trail, near Bland, Virginia
Coordinates37°7′31″N 81°0′59″W / 37.12528°N 81.01639°W / 37.12528; -81.01639
Area361.81 acres (146.42 ha)
Builtc. 1912
NRHP reference No.12000018[1]
VLR No.010-5027
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 8, 2012
Designated VLRDecember 15, 2011[2]

Junius Marcellus Updyke Farm is a historic home and farm located near Bland, Bland County, Virginia. The house was built about 1910, and is a two-story, three-bay, single-pile, I-house, with a two-story rear ell to its rear. It also has a one-story wing and porch. It has a gable roof with pent roofs at the ends and a full-width front porch supported by Ionic order columns. Also on the property are a contributing two-story smokehouse (c. 1910), granary (c. 1910), chicken house (c. 1920), storage shed (c. 1910), barn (c. 1955), and family cemetery.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 2/06/12 through 2/10/12. National Park Service. 2012-02-17.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ W. Scott Breckinridge Smith (September 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Junius Marcellus Updyke Farm" (PDF). and Accompanying five photos