Smithland Farm

Smithland Farm, also known as the General John McCausland Memorial Farm, is a historic home and farm located near Henderson, Mason County, West Virginia. The main house is a two-story frame structure constructed in 1869. The house is a side-gabled, two-story, weatherboarded frame structure with a two-story frame wing. The property includes a contributing corncrib (c. 1950), silo (c. 1930), pole barn (c. 1930s), barn (early 1900s), main barn (early 1900s), block school (c. 1915–1920), and Poffenbarger Cemetery (late 1900s). It was for many years part of a larger farm owned by Confederate General John McCausland. The West Virginia Department of Agriculture acquired the farm in 1981.[2]

Smithland Farm
LocationU.S. Route 35 between Lower Nine Mile Rd. and Lower Five Mile Rd., near Henderson, West Virginia
Coordinates38°46′42″N 82°3′2″W
Area800 acres (320 ha)
Built1869
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.03001061[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 17, 2003

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Michael J. Pulice (February 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Smithland Farm" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
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