Bowyer–Trollinger Farm

Bowyer–Trollinger Farm is a historic home and farm located at Childress, Montgomery County, Virginia. The farmhouse was built in four sections beginning in about 1825 and ending in about 1910. It started as a three-bay, two-story, apparently rectangular, single-pen log dwelling. Also on the property are the contributing farm office, mid-19th-century washhouse, spring house, barn, and corn crib, and an early 20th-century apple house/carbide gas lighting outbuilding.[3]

Bowyer–Trollinger Farm
Bowyer–Trollinger Farm, October 2013
Bowyer–Trollinger Farm is located in Virginia
Bowyer–Trollinger Farm
Bowyer–Trollinger Farm is located in the United States
Bowyer–Trollinger Farm
LocationVA 600 north of the junction with VA 693, Childress, Virginia
Coordinates37°4′2″N 80°30′24″W / 37.06722°N 80.50667°W / 37.06722; -80.50667
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Architectural styleSingle-pen plan
MPSMontgomery County MPS
NRHP reference No.90002167[1]
VLR No.060-0084
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 1, 1991
Designated VLRJune 20, 1989[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Gibson Worsham (June 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bowyer–Trollinger Farm" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo