Cherry Hill Farmhouse
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Coordinates: 38 ° 53 '12 " N , 77 ° 10' 22" W.
The Cherry Hill Farmhouse is a museum in Falls Church , Virginia in the United States . It was built in the classical style in 1845 and belonged to wealthy farming families until 1945. In 1956 it became the property of the City of Falls Church, which converted it into a museum. Today, Cherry Hill Farmhouse, like five other such structures in Falls Church, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as an important testimony to the Victorian structures in the area .
history
The house was built around 1845 as a farmhouse in the classicist style, a barn built in wood frame construction belongs to the property. William A. Blaisdell, who ran a market stall in Washington, DC , bought the house in 1856 along with the 73- acre farm.
From 1870 to 1945 the house was owned by the Riley family. The poet James Whitcomb Riley , who used the house and some of its residents in his poems. The farmhouse, barn, and outbuildings were owned by the University of Virginia from 1945 to 1956 before being purchased by the City of Falls Church with the rest of the estate. The property is bordered by Park Avenue, Little Falls Street and Great Falls Street. The city council had the house restored and converted into a museum documenting the lifestyle of wealthy families in the area. Today the building stands in a 2.8 hectare park.
The museum includes authentic furniture from the 18th and 19th centuries which, like other historical exhibits, belong to a foundation called Friends of Cherry Hill ; a collection of tools and equipment from the 19th century is on display in the barn.
The Cherry Hill Farmhouse & Barn is on the National Register of Historic Places and is one of only six Victorian-era structures in Falls Church to be listed, with no commercial building from those days having survived.
supporting documents
- ↑ a b c Calder Loth, Virginia Dept. of Historic Resources: The Virginia landmarks register ( English ). University of Virginia Press, Jan. 1, 2000, ISBN 9780813918624 , p. 162 (Retrieved July 7, 2011).
- ^ Ross De Witt Netherton, Nan Netherton: The preservation of history in Fairfax County, Virginia: a report prepared for the Fairfax County History Commission, Fairfax County, Virginia, 2001 . University Press of America, March 2002, ISBN 9780761821755 , p. 221.
- ↑ Official website ( English ) City of Falls Church. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
- ^ Victorian Society at Falls Church: Victorian Falls Church ( English ). Arcadia Publishing, July 16, 2007, ISBN 9780738552507 , p. 8 (Accessed July 7, 2011).
