Back Creek Farm
Historic house in Virginia, United States
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Back Creek Farm is a historic home located near Dublin, Pulaski County, Virginia. It dates to the late-18th century, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick I-house with a side-gable roof. It has a two-story rear ell, sits on a rubble limestone basement, and has interior end chimneys with corbelled caps. The front facade features a pedimented tetrastyle Ionic order porch with an elegant frontispiece doorway with stop-fluted Corinthian order pilasters. Its builder was Joseph Cloyd (1742-1833). During the American Civil War, on May 9, 1864, the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain was fought on the property. The house served that day as a hospital and as headquarters for the Union General George Crook, under whose command were Captains Rutherford B. Hayes and William McKinley.[3]
Back Creek Farm | |
Distant view from State Route 100 to the east | |
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| Location | NW side of VA 617, near Dublin, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°10′00″N 80°42′44″W |
| Area | 756 acres (306 ha) |
| Architectural style | Early Republic |
| NRHP reference No. | 75002032[1] |
| VLR No. | 077-0002 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 21, 1975 |
| Designated VLR | February 18, 1975[2] |
North of the house is the barn,[3]: 6 a stone structure whose damage from Union artillery is still evident.[4] This Pennsylvania barn is built of limestone of different sorts: many of the walls are rubble, while set above the basement windows are small arches of carefully prepared stonework.[3]: 6
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]