Morven (Markham, Virginia)

Coordinates: 38°52′21″N 77°59′51″W / 38.87250°N 77.99750°W

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Morven
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register


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Location	3918 Leeds Manor Rd., near Markham, Virginia
Coordinates	38°52′21″N 77°59′51″W / 38.87250°N 77.99750°W / 38.87250; -77.99750
Area	40 acres (16 ha)
Built	1820 (1820)
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	02000597^[1]
VLR No.	030-0864
Added to NRHP	May 30, 2002
Designated VLR	March 14, 2001^[2]

Morven is a historic home located near Markham, Fauquier County, Virginia. The house consists of four one-to-two story, three-bay, gable-roofed houses dating from the late-18th to mid-19th centuries and in the Federal style. The houses were sequentially built in log, frame and stone at right angles of each other. The house is in a cross plan, with an open courtyard in the middle. Also on the property are the contributing meat house and stone summer kitchen (c. 1820).^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.^[1]

References

^ ^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. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
^ Cheryl H. Shepherd (January 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Morven" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo

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