Long Glade Farm

Long Glade Farm is a historic plantation house and agricultural property near Mount Solon in Augusta County, Virginia. It is also known by the names Short Glade Farm and Springdale Farm. The principal residence was constructed in 1852 as a two-story, three-bay brick dwelling in the Greek Revival style. Its design follows the I-house form, a common regional arrangement characterized by a narrow, relatively deep residential block, and includes an original rear ell. The front elevation has a reconstructed porch supported by Doric-order columns and finished with a balustrade. The historic property includes more than the main residence. Contributing agricultural and domestic resources include a meat house, a corn crib, a bank barn, a pig house, former slave quarters, and a family cemetery. Together, these structures document the organization of a nineteenth-century Virginia farmstead and provide context for the house's architecture and agricultural function. The former slave quarters are also an important reminder that the property was part of a plantation landscape shaped by enslaved labor. Long Glade Farm was listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1996. Its significance rests primarily on the survival of the Greek Revival house, the integrity of the associated farm complex, and the historical information conveyed by the collection of outbuildings and burial ground. It is a historic place and cultural resource rather than a consumer brand, operating company, or commercial product line. No reliable information in the supplied references identifies a current commercial owner, operating business, founder, corporate parent, website, or financial activity.

Long Glade Farm is a historic farmstead in Augusta County, Virginia, near the community of Mount Solon. The property is also identified in historical references as Short Glade Farm and Springdale Farm. Its principal house was built in 1852, placing the surviving domestic building within the antebellum period of Virginia's agricultural history. The main residence is a two-story, three-bay brick building designed in the Greek Revival style. It uses the I-house form, a type widely found in the rural South and often associated with prosperous farms and plantations. The building retains an original rear ell, while the front porch has been reconstructed with Doric columns and a balustrade. These features express the classical vocabulary that was influential in domestic architecture during the period. The wider property retains a group of agricultural and support buildings. Contributing resources include a meat house, former slave quarters, a corn crib, a bank barn, a pig house, and a family cemetery. The collection offers evidence of how the farm functioned as a self-contained agricultural and residential landscape. The former slave quarters are particularly significant for interpreting the labor system and social structure that supported plantation agriculture in the region, while the family cemetery records the long-term association of the property with its residents. Long Glade Farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. The designation recognizes the historic and architectural importance of the house and associated resources. Available reference material does not establish the property's original builder, first owner, acreage, later ownership history, agricultural commodities, or present-day use. It also does not document a commercial brand operation connected with the name. Accordingly, Long Glade Farm is best understood as a designated historic property rather than as a conventional business or product brand.

• 1996

  National Register listing

  [1]Long Glade Farmen.wikipedia.org

  Long Glade Farm was listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places, recognizing the house and associated contributing farm resources.

• 1852

  Construction of the principal house

  [1]Long Glade Farmen.wikipedia.org

  The property's two-story, three-bay brick Greek Revival residence was constructed, incorporating an I-house plan and an original rear ell.

Historic residential and agricultural property recognized for its nineteenth-century Greek Revival architecture and surviving farmstead resources.

1. 1Long Glade Farmen.wikipedia.org