Black Meadow

17379 Wolf Trap Dr., Gordonsville, Virginia. County/parish: Orange.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 16, 2005. NRIS 05001262.

7 contributing buildings.

Also known as:

  • 068-0156
  • Wold Trap Farm

From Wikipedia:

Black Meadow

Black Meadow (now known as "Wolftrap Farm") is a historic plantation house and farm complex located near Gordonsville, Orange County, Virginia. The house was built in 1856, and is a 1+12-story, three-bay, Greek Revival style dwelling with a front gable roof. It was renovated in 1916, with the addition of a two-story wood-frame ell and realignment of interior spaces. Also on the property are the contributing milk house (c. 1916), slave quarters (c. 1856), a dairy barn (c. 1943), a bent barn/stable (c. 1856), a multiuse barn/shed (c. 1856), and a tenant house (c. 1943).

Black Meadow was one of the outlying farms owned and cultivated by James and Dolley Madison, whose Montpelier home lies just a few miles northwest.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

The farm, known since the mid-1970s as Wolftrap Farm, is now operated as a wedding and events venue and seven homes on the farm are available as vacation rentals.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682333

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