{"nrhp_refnum":"75002032","name":"Back Creek Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NW of Dublin off VA 100","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dublin","county":"Pulaski County","state":"VA","lat":37.16683055550007,"lon":-80.71206796916643,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-05-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick farmhouse with a group of historic outbuildings on the west bank of Back Creek, northwest of Dublin in Pulaski County, Virginia. The house dates from about 1790-1800 and was probably built by Joseph Cloyd.","why_significant":"The nomination cites the fine Early Republican house and an unusual collection of early outbuildings, including an outstanding Pennsylvania-type bank barn. It also notes the Cloyd family's importance in the area's early history and the farm's role in the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain on May 9, 1864, when the house served as a hospital and Union headquarters.","narrative":"Back Creek Farm is a brick farmhouse and outbuilding complex in the rolling hills northwest of Dublin, Pulaski County. The two-story, five-bay house is laid in Flemish bond over a limestone basement. It has a pedimented Ionic porch, a fanlight with undulating wooden mullions, and refined interior woodwork, including a mahogany stair rail and carved \"tobacco-leaf\" mantels. Behind the house stand a brick dairy, a kitchen, a cottage, and a large Pennsylvania-type bank barn of limestone rubble with a supported forebay. The farm was home to the Cloyd family from about 1781 to 1930. Joseph Cloyd, a militia major and large landholder, probably built the house. On May 9, 1864, the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain was fought on the property, and the house served as a hospital and as headquarters for Union General Crook. The outbuildings illustrate the settlement of western Virginia by Scotch-Irish and German migrants from Pennsylvania.","period_of_significance":"18th Century (c.1790-1800 construction; Cloyd family ownership c.1781-1930)","architect_builder":"Joseph Cloyd (probable builder)","architectural_style":"Early Republican","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent and unaltered, on its original site; occupied as a private residence and agricultural property. The older farm buildings are no longer used, and a modern farmstead serves the farm.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.992106-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/75/6827/41682775/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/75002032.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75002032/de80f223e9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75002032/de80f223e9-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Back_Creek_Farm_from_east.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Back_Creek_Farm_from_east.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682775","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_Creek_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15195874"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/pulaski-county/back-creek-farm-75002032/"}