{"nrhp_refnum":"04000552","name":"Mt. Bleak-Skye Farm (030-0283)","other_names":["Sky Meadows State Park"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"11012 Edmonds Ln.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Delaplane","county":"Fauquier County","state":"VA","lat":38.992058359000026,"lon":-77.97337294506724,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-05-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1,618-acre historic district in northwestern Fauquier County, Virginia, with a small portion in Clarke County, now Sky Meadows State Park. It combines four 18th- and 19th-century plantations, including Mount Bleak and the Timberlake farmstead, with buildings dating from about 1780 to 1954.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is significant under Criterion A for agriculture and Criterion C for architecture. It preserves four plantations tied to the Edmonds, Settle, Morgan and Timberlake families, with a late-18th-century cottage, a Federal-style stone mansion and farm outbuildings. The setting and agricultural landscape retain excellent integrity.","narrative":"Sky Meadows State Park in northwestern Fauquier County, Virginia, occupies about 1,618 acres of meadows, hollows and ridges beneath the Blue Ridge. The land combines four plantations associated with the Edmonds, Settle, Morgan and Timberlake families. It contains 23 contributing buildings, one site and three structures dating from about 1780 to 1954. Wayside Cottage, built around 1780 for John Edmonds, keeps its hall-and-chamber plan and early attic framing despite later changes. Abner Settle built the stone Federal-style Mount Bleak mansion around 1843 and added a frame wing about 1850. Its carved stair, molded trim and faux-grained doors show quality craftsmanship. A carriage and corn house, log summer kitchen, meeting house, barns and stone fences record two centuries of farming. The park is surrounded by farmland, which gives the district strong integrity of setting. Its significance rests on its architecture and its long agricultural history.","period_of_significance":"1780-1954","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Early Republic: Federal; Other: Vernacular","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Now a state park. Wayside Cottage houses the chief park ranger, one dwelling is listed as vacated, and the reservoir or cistern is abandoned. Park additions are described as sympathetic to the historic resources.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.258558-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/19/6806/41680619/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/04000552.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000552/c2db67fcd7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000552/c2db67fcd7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.5","author":"Aneta Kaluzna","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sky_Meadows_State_Park_Virginia.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Aneta Kaluzna</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.5</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sky_Meadows_State_Park_Virginia.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"04000550","name":"Crooked Run Valley Rural Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/crooked-run-valley-rural-historic-district-04000550/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680619","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Meadows_State_Park","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11811656"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/fauquier-county/mt-bleak-skye-farm-030-0283-04000552/"}