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Black Meadow

Coordinates: 38°10′01″N 78°08′33″W / 38.16694°N 78.14250°W / 38.16694; -78.14250
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Black Meadow (Wolf Trap Farm, Gordonsville, VA)
Slave quarters at Black Meadow
Black Meadow is located in Virginia
Black Meadow
Black Meadow is located in the United States
Black Meadow
Location17379 Wolf Trap Dr., near Gordonsville, Virginia
Coordinates38°10′01″N 78°08′33″W / 38.16694°N 78.14250°W / 38.16694; -78.14250
Area584.1 acres (236.4 ha)
Built1856 (1856)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.05001262[1]
VLR No.068-0156
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 16, 2005
Designated VLRSeptember 14, 2005[2]

Black Meadow (now known as "Wolftrap Farm") is a historic plantation house and farm complex located near Gordonsville, Orange County, Virginia. The house was built in 1856, and is a 1+12-story, three-bay, Greek Revival style dwelling with a front gable roof. It was renovated in 1916, with the addition of a two-story wood-frame ell and realignment of interior spaces. Also on the property are the contributing milk house (c. 1916), slave quarters (c. 1856), a dairy barn (c. 1943), a bent barn/stable (c. 1856), a multiuse barn/shed (c. 1856), and a tenant house (c. 1943).[3]

Black Meadow was one of the outlying farms owned and cultivated by James and Dolley Madison, whose Montpelier home lies just a few miles northwest.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

The farm, known since the mid-1970s as Wolftrap Farm, is now operated as a wedding and events venue and seven homes on the farm are available as vacation rentals.

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. ^ Gardiner Hallock and Kristie Baynard (May 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Black Meadow" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos