{"nrhp_refnum":"89001906","name":"Seven Oaks Farm and Black's Tavern","other_names":["Cloverplains","Dhr 02-71"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"US 250, W of US 64","address_restricted":false,"city":"Greenwood","county":"Albemarle County","state":"VA","lat":38.04247195150006,"lon":-78.74560715987903,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-12-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 109-acre farm estate on the north side of U.S. Route 250 in the Greenwood area of western Albemarle County, Virginia, about sixteen miles west of Charlottesville. It includes a log tavern house built about 1769, a main house built 1847-1848, and a dozen or more other farm buildings.","why_significant":"The farm is architecturally significant for a well-preserved group of buildings spanning more than a hundred years, from an eighteenth-century log house to a Greek Revival house with Colonial Revival additions and unusual agricultural buildings. Black's Tavern is locally significant in transportation history as one of the last of the many taverns that served travelers on the Rockfish Gap Road in western Albemarle County.","narrative":"Seven Oaks Farm is a 109-acre estate in the Greenwood area of western Albemarle County, Virginia, centered on two main buildings. The older is Black's Tavern, a one-story double-pen log house of squared pine logs built about 1769 by Samuel Black, son of the county's first Presbyterian minister. Black farmed, ran a distillery and kept a licensed tavern here on the Rockfish Gap Road, and George Rogers Clark recorded a visit in 1777. The main house was built in 1847-1848 for Dr. John Bolling Garrett as a two-story Greek Revival frame dwelling. Around 1900 it received a pedimented portico and polygonal bays in Colonial Revival style. Surrounding buildings include an octagonal icehouse, a smokehouse, a hexagonal garden house, barns, and several residences. The farm was listed for its architecture, its agricultural buildings, and the tavern's link to the region's travel history.","period_of_significance":"1760's - 1815 (Transportation); 1847 - early 1900's (Architecture); 1850's - early 1900's (Agriculture)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular (Black's Tavern); Mid-19th Century: Greek Revival; Colonial Revival (Main House)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The description states that all buildings are in excellent condition. The main house, outbuildings and farm residences remain in residential and farm use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:01.118564-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/13/6794/41679413/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/89001906.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001906/d1ffea7b7a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001906/d1ffea7b7a-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seven_Oaks_Farm_barn.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seven_Oaks_Farm_barn.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"11000258","name":"Greenwood-Afton Rural Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/greenwood-afton-rural-historic-district-11000258/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679413","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Oaks_Farm_and_Black%27s_Tavern","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713190"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/albemarle-county/seven-oaks-farm-and-blacks-tavern-89001906/"}