Morven is a historic home located near

Simeon Simeon () is a given name, from the Hebrew (Biblical ''Šimʿon'', Tiberian ''Šimʿôn''), usually transliterated as Shimon. In Greek it is written Συμεών, hence the Latinized spelling Symeon. Meaning The name is derived from Simeon, so ...

, Albemarle County, Virginia. It was built about 1821, and consists of a two-story, five bay by two bay, brick main block with a two-story, three bay brick wing. The front facade features a one-bay porch with a pedimented gable roof and

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entablature, supported by four Tuscan columns. Also on the property are the contributing office and frame

smokehouse A smokehouse (North American) or smokery (British) is a building where meat or fish is cured with smoke. The finished product might be stored in the building, sometimes for a year or more.

. It was added to the

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 ...

in 1973.

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Morven Farm, Outbuildings, Off of Route 20, Simeon, Albemarle County, VA
9 measured drawings and 7 data pages at

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Houses completed in 1821 Houses in Albemarle County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Albemarle County, Virginia Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia {{AlbemarleCountyVA-NRHP-stub