Junius Marcellus Updyke Farm | |
Location | 4859 E. Bluegrass Trail, near Bland, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°7′31″N 81°0′59″W / 37.12528°N 81.01639°W |
Area | 361.81 acres (146.42 ha) |
Built | c. 1912 |
NRHP reference No. | 12000018 [1] |
VLR No. | 010-5027 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | February 8, 2012 |
Designated VLR | December 15, 2011 [2] |
Junius Marcellus Updyke Farm is a historic home and farm located near Bland, Bland County, Virginia. The house was built about 1910, and is a two-story, three-bay, single-pile, I-house, with a two-story rear ell to its rear. It also has a one-story wing and porch. It has a gable roof with pent roofs at the ends and a full-width front porch supported by Ionic order columns. Also on the property are a contributing two-story smokehouse (c. 1910), granary (c. 1910), chicken house (c. 1920), storage shed (c. 1910), barn (c. 1955), and family cemetery. [3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. [1]