Kentland Farm Historic and Archeological District

Kentland Farm is a 350-acre district on the New River in northwestern Montgomery County, Virginia, reached from the end of Va. Rt. 623. Its centerpiece is Kentland, a two-story, five-bay Flemish-bond brick house built in 1834-35, with a central-passage plan, a rear ell, a limestone foundation and detailed Federal and Greek Revival woodwork, including carved mantels and a three-run stair. Nearby are a hexagonal brick meat house, an altered antebellum frame dwelling, a mid-nineteenth-century barn and corncrib, a mill and the Kent-Cowan cemetery. The district also covers Buchanans Bottom, an early patented tract, and two early fords. Thirteen archaeological sites have been recorded. Five are Late Woodland Native American sites, among them the Whitethorne site, a well-preserved village with good horizontal and vertical integrity. Because comparable villages in the county have been destroyed, this site is considered important for regional study. Other sites relate to nineteenth-century plantation life and early transportation routes.