Cleridge

Cleridge

Cleridge in 2016
Location 1649 Old Charles Town Rd., near Stephenson, Virginia
Coordinates 39°00′37″N 77°21′34″W / 39.01028°N 77.35944°W / 39.01028; -77.35944Coordinates: 39°00′37″N 77°21′34″W / 39.01028°N 77.35944°W / 39.01028; -77.35944
Area 591 acres (239 ha)
Built c. 1790 (1790), c. 1815, 1882-1883
Built by Lemley, Jacob H., & sons Charlie & William
Architectural style Federal
NRHP Reference # 11000653[1]
VLR # 029-0115
Significant dates
Added to NRHP September 8, 2011
Designated VLR December 13, 2012[2]

Cleridge, also known as Sunnyside Farm, is a historic home and farm complex located near Stephenson, Clarke County, Virginia. The main house was built about 1790, and is a 2 1/2-story, five bay, Federal style brick dwelling. It has a 2 1/2-story, four bay, brick addition added in 1882-1883. Also on the property are the contributing brick well structure, the frame icehouse/blacksmith shop, a frame carriage house, the brick-entry, a frame poultry house, and a farm manager’s house (c. 1815). The cultivated and forested land is considered a contributing agricultural site.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/06/11 through 9/09/11. National Park Service. 2011-09-16.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Cheryl H. Shepherd (February–March 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cleridge" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources.


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