Pleasant Grove
Why it's listed
Pleasant Grove is a 290-acre tobacco farm in southwestern Halifax County, Virginia, on waters of Miry Creek. David Samuel Farmer established it in the late 1880s on land inherited from his father, and built a two-story Victorian house there, completed in 1890. The house has a two-tier front porch, a bracketed Italianate cornice, and original mantels and a double-run stair inside. Around it stand a smokehouse, cow barn, granary, corncribs, and a row of three log tobacco barns. Four tenant house sites on the farm include a two-story frame house from about 1900, a cinder-block house from about 1940, and two log or frame ruins. The property was recognized for its agricultural importance as a fairly complete Southside Virginia tobacco farm of the 1880s to 1940s, and for the architecture of its well-preserved main house. Its period of significance runs from 1888 through 1949.
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| Period of significance | 1888-1949 |
|---|---|
| Styles | Victorian, with Italianate and Greek Revival secondary characteristics |
| Areas of significance | Agriculture, Architecture |
| Acreage | 290 |
| Boundary source | NPS cultural-resource GIS polygon |
| Full listing page | Pleasant Grove (property record) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.