Four Locust Farm
Four Locust Farm | |
| Location | U.S. Route 15, near Keysville, Virginia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 37°3′30″N 78°28′47″W / 37.05833°N 78.47972°W |
| Area | 332.9 acres (134.7 ha) |
| Built | c. 1859 |
| NRHP reference No. | 09001053[1] |
| VLR No. | 019-5206 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | December 3, 2009 |
| Designated VLR | September 17, 2009[2] |
Four Locust Farm, also known as Pettus Dairy Farm, is a historic home and farm complex located near Keysville, Charlotte County, Virginia. The property includes a vernacular farm house dwelling, built around 1859, and a row of 20th-century farm buildings. The house is a two-story, three-bay-wide, frame dwelling that is covered by a low-pitched, hipped roof of standing-seam metal, and clad with weatherboards.
Farm buildings include frame and masonry dairy/hay barns, silos, a milk house, workshop, equipment sheds, cattle pens, and tenant houses. The farm produced tobacco from 1919 until 1925; beginning in 1925, the farm turned to dairy production with a 100-head Holstein-Friesian herd.
In 1962, the farm ended its dairy operations and turned to beef cattle production. The farm is now owned and operated by Pettus's grandson, Zach Tucker.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]
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 June 5, 2013.
- ^ Debra A. McClane (June 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Four Locust Farm" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. and Accompanying five photos