Seven Oaks Farm and Black's Tavern

Seven Oaks Farm and Black's Tavern
Location US 250, west of Interstate 64, near Greenwood, Virginia
Coordinates 38°2′33″N 78°44′45″W / 38.04250°N 78.74583°W / 38.04250; -78.74583Coordinates: 38°2′33″N 78°44′45″W / 38.04250°N 78.74583°W / 38.04250; -78.74583
Area 109 acres (44 ha)
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Greek Revival
NRHP Reference # 89001906[1]
VLR # 002-0071
Significant dates
Added to NRHP December 26, 1989
Designated VLR June 20, 1989[2]

Seven Oaks Farm and Black's Tavern is a historic home and farm complex located near Greenwood, Albemarle County, Virginia. The main house was built about 1847-1848, and is a two-story, five-bay, hipped-roof frame building with a three-bay north wing. The interior features Greek Revival style design details. It has a two-story, pedimented front portico in the Colonial Revival style addition. Black's Tavern is a one-story, two-room, gable-roofed log house with a center chimney and shed-roofed porch. Other buildings on the farm include an ice house, smokehouse, dairy, greenhouse, barns, a carriage house, a garage and several residences for farm employees.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. Geoffrey B. Henry (May 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Seven Oaks Farm and Black's Tavern" (PDF). and Accompanying photo


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