{"nrhp_refnum":"06000409","name":"Estes Farm","other_names":["Vdhr 002-0524"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6185 Estes Ln.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dyke","county":"Albemarle County","state":"VA","lat":38.206776225000056,"lon":-78.49460136129947,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-05-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A farm at 6185 Estes Lane in Dyke, Albemarle County, Virginia, centered on a circa 1880 wood-frame I-house and a circa 1840 log dwelling, with barns, outbuildings, a cemetery and a metal truss bridge. It sits along the Blue Ridge Mountains and has fifteen contributing resources.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the farm as a good example of late-19th-century rural architecture in Albemarle County. The single-pile I-house is notable for transitional Greek Revival and Italianate detailing, inside and out, applied to a vernacular rural form. The farm also documents the Estes family's growth from a small operation into a prosperous farm over several generations.","narrative":"Estes Farm, on Estes Lane in Dyke, Virginia, is a working farm on the Blue Ridge slopes, with pasture bordered by 175 acres of forest. Its oldest building is a circa 1840 half-dovetailed log dwelling, built by the Durrett family and later occupied by the Estes family. About 1880 the Estes family added a two-story, three-bay I-house with a central-passage plan, weatherboard siding and brick end chimneys. Its porch brackets and interior mantels show a blend of Greek Revival and Italianate detailing, and a rear ell was added in the mid-1970s. Supporting buildings include a large barn, an icehouse and well house, a tenant house, a cemetery and a metal truss bridge. Tax and deed records show the Estes family expanding their land and buildings through the late 19th century. The property was listed because it is a good example of late-19th-century rural architecture in Albemarle County and shows transitional styling on a vernacular form.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Log dwelling constructed by the Durrett family (circa 1840); circa 1880 house associated with the Estes family, no architect named","architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century/Greek Revival; Late Victorian/Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Currently used as a horse breeding and boarding facility with continued hay cultivation; the main house and tenant house remain in domestic use, and the log dwelling's shed addition is in ruinous condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.776359-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/27/6793/41679327/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/06000409.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000409/477fdbf637-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000409/477fdbf637-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Estes_Farm_barns.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Estes_Farm_barns.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679327","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estes_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712294"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/albemarle-county/estes-farm-06000409/"}