Blue Ridge Farm (Upperville, Virginia)
Blue Ridge Farm | |
Blue Ridge Farmhouse, built 1935 (2007) | |
| Location | 1799 Blue Ridge Farm Rd., near Upperville, Virginia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 38°57′49″N 77°52′42″W / 38.96361°N 77.87833°W |
| Area | 517 acres (209 ha) |
| Built | 1791 |
| Architect | Wood, Waddy Butler; Shipman, Ellen Biddle, et al. |
| Architectural style | Federal, Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 06000753[1] |
| VLR No. | 030-0894 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | August 30, 2006 |
| Designated VLR | June 8, 2006[2] |
Blue Ridge Farm is a historic home and farm located near Upperville, Fauquier County, Virginia. Californian Henry T. Oxnard (1860-1922) built a horse breeding operation at Blue Ridge Farm in 1903.
Overview
The property includes a two-story, rubble stone Federal era farmhouse known as Fountain Hill House (c. 1791) and its associated outbuildings and two contributing sites; a one-story Colonial Revival-style stone house known as Blue Ridge Farmhouse (1935) and its associated outbuildings, and formal landscape features around it; two tenant houses (Crawford House and Byington House, c. 1903); and several buildings associated with the farm's horse breeding industry, including three large broodmare stables (c. 1903); two stallion stables (stud barns, c. 1913); training stables, and an implement shed.
The property was purchased by Rear Admiral Cary Travers Grayson in 1928.[3] The Blue Ridge Farmhouse was designed for him by Washington, D.C. architect Waddy B. Wood.
Among Grayson's successful horses, Fluvanna was voted the retrospective American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly. In 1938, Grayson's last year, he bred the mare On Hand to Kentucky Derby winner Brokers Tip to produce the colt Market Wise, which went on to become a multiple stakes winner and the 1943 U.S. Co-champion Handicap Horse.
As of 2006 members of the Grayson family still owned the property.[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ a b Kim Prothro Williams (April 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Blue Ridge Farm" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos Archived 2013-08-13 at the Wayback Machine