Sanders Farm is a historic home and farm located at Max Meadows,

Wythe County, Virginia Wythe County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,290. Its county seat is Wytheville. History Wythe County was formed from Montgomery County in 1790. It was ...

. The Brick House was built about 1880, and is a two-story, T-shaped, Queen Anne style brick farmhouse. It features ornamental gables and porches. Also on the property are the contributing cold frame with a stepped front parapet (c. 1900), a vaulted stone

spring house A spring house, or springhouse, is a small building, usually of a single room, constructed over a spring. While the original purpose of a springhouse was to keep the spring water clean by excluding fallen leaves, animals, etc., the enclosing stru ...

, a one-story brick servants quarters (c. 1880), a cinder block store with an upstairs apartment and an accompanying

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(1950s), a frame vehicle repair shop (c. 1920s), a stone reservoir (1880s) two

corn crib A corn crib or corncrib is a type of granary used to dry and store corn. It may also be known as a cornhouse or corn house. Overview After the harvest and while still on the cob, corn is placed in the crib either with or without the husk. The ...

, a frame gambrel-roofed barn, a one-story tenant house (c. 1920), stone bridge abutments, and the site of the Hematite Iron Company Mine (late 1880s), a complex of rock formations and tram line beds. an
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in 2003.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Federal architecture in Virginia Queen Anne architecture in Virginia Houses completed in 1880 Houses in Wythe County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Wythe County, Virginia {{WytheCountyVA-NRHP-stub