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River House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	US 17/50, 2.5 mi. E of Millwood, near Millwood, Virginia
Coordinates	39°02′26″N 78°00′09″W / 39.04056°N 78.00250°W / 39.04056; -78.00250
Area	17 acres (6.9 ha)
Built	c. 1820 (1820)
Architectural style	Early Republic, Vernacular Federal
Part of	Greenway Historic District (ID93001133)
NRHP reference No.	93001440
VLR No.	021-0064
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 23, 1993
Designated CP	November 4, 1993
Designated VLR	October 20, 1993

River House, also known as The Ferry Farm, is a historic plantation house located near Millwood, Clarke County, Virginia. It was built about 1820, and is a two-story, five-bay, rubble limestone dwelling in a vernacular Federal-style. It has a gable roof with wide interior-end chimneys. Also on the property is a rare three-part slave or servants' house and an early smokehouse.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. It is located in the Greenway Historic District.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Clarke County, Virginia

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
3. Calder Loth (August 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: River House" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. and Accompanying photo

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