Bunting Place
Bunting Place | |
Location | 31181 Drummondtown Rd., Wachapreague, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°37′17″N 75°41′34″W / 37.62139°N 75.69278°W |
Area | 35 acres (14 ha) |
Built | 1826 |
Architectural style | Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 03000210[1] |
VLR No. | 001-0017 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | April 11, 2003 |
Designated VLR | December 4, 2002[2] |
Bunting Place, also known as Mapp Farm and Nickawampus Farm, is a historic home and farm located at Wachapreague, Accomack County, Virginia.
History
[edit]The farm was built about 1826.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]
Description
[edit]The farm is a two-story, five-bay, brick-ended frame house.
It sits on a raised Flemish bond brick foundation with cellar, and has a medium pitched gable roof. The house has Federal style details.
Attached to the main block is a 1+1⁄2-story frame wing that provided original service to the house and serves presently as a modern kitchen. Attached to the wing are two additional sections extending the main block in a stepped or telescope form. Also on the property are a contributing gable-front frame barn and a rectangular frame corn house, as well as a small family cemetery with four burials.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ 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 May 12, 2013.
- ^ Paul Baker Touart (July 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bunting Place" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Federal architecture in Virginia
- Houses completed in 1826
- National Register of Historic Places in Accomack County, Virginia
- 1826 establishments in Virginia
- Houses in Accomack County, Virginia
- Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Accomack County, Virginia, geography stubs