Blandy Experimental Farm Historic District

Blandy Experimental Farm Historic District is a national historic district located adjacent to The Tuleyries at Boyce, Clarke County, Virginia. It encompasses 15 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing structure. They include a large, two-story, brick slave's quarters built about 1825; a stone and brick stables that was later converted into a dwelling; a turn-of-the-20th-century farmhouse and its associated agricultural and domestic related outbuildings; a late-19th century vernacular hall-parlor-plan house; two historic dwelling sites; as well as orchards and fields of improved pasture.[3] Graham F. Blandy bequeathed 700 acres of his approximately 900-acre estate to the University of Virginia, which accepted it after his death in 1926. The University began its program of agricultural biology at Blandy in 1927, and converted part of the landscape into an arboretum, now known as the Orland E. White Research Arboretum. The slaves' quarters, referred to as the Quarters, was converted into laboratories and student and faculty housing. In 1941, the Quarters building was greatly enlarged with the addition of three Colonial Revival wings. This addition created a "U"-shaped building with the original Quarters section as the east wing. A research greenhouse was built at the same time.[3]

Blandy Experimental Farm Historic District
Slave quarters
LocationUS 50/17 S side, 4 mi. W of the Shenandoah R., Boyce, Virginia
Coordinates39°3′36″N 78°3′53″W
Area712 acres (288 ha)
Builtc. 1825 (1825)
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Bungalow/craftsman, Federal
NRHP reference No.92001580[1]
VLR No.021-0550
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 12, 1992
Designated VLRSeptember 15, 1992 [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

  • Historic Quarters
  • Historical Marker

References
  1. "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 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Maral S. Kalbian and Edward Conner (April 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Blandy Experimental Farm Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. and Accompanying photo
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