Weston is a historic home and farm located near

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. The original section of the house was built about 1810, with additions made in 1860, 1870, and 1893. The original section was a simple, -story, log house. A -story frame and weatherboard addition was built in 1860, and a -story frame and weatherboard rear ell was added in 1870. In 1893, a two-story frame and weatherboard addition was built, making the house "L"-shaped. This section features a steeply-pitched gable roof with gable dormers and decoratively sawn bargeboards and eaves trim—common characteristics of the

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style. Also on the property are a number of contributing 19th century outbuildings including the kitchen / wash house,

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, tool house, blacksmith shop, stable, and barn. Weston is open as a house and farm museum. an
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National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1996.

Gallery

File:Weston Farmstead mainhouse 06.jpg, Main House File:Weston Farmstead blacksmithshop 04.jpg, Blacksmith shop File:Weston Farmstead stable 01.jpg, Stable

References

External links

Weston Farmstead website
History museums in Virginia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Gothic Revival architecture in Virginia Houses completed in 1893 Houses in Fauquier County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Fauquier County, Virginia Museums in Fauquier County, Virginia Blacksmith shops {{Virginia-museum-stub