Thorndale Farm is a historic farm property at 652 North Buckton Road, in rural Frederick County, Virginia east of Middletown. The property, over 41 acres (17 ha) in size, includes a wood-frame farmhouse built about 1790 and enlarged and restyled in the Greek Revival about 1855, as well as a later 19th-century barn and a c. 1840 meathouse. It was originally part of a much larger land grant made to John Larrock, a militia captain the American Revolutionary War. Part of the farm was involved in the 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek in the American Civil War.[2]

Thorndale Farm
The main house
Thorndale Farm is located in Virginia
Thorndale Farm
Thorndale Farm is located in the United States
Thorndale Farm
Location652 N. Buckton Rd., near Middletown, Virginia
Coordinates39°1′56″N 78°15′31″W / 39.03222°N 78.25861°W / 39.03222; -78.25861
Area41.4 acres (16.8 ha)
Built1790 (1790)
Architectural styleFederal; Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.16000528[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 15, 2016

The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Thorndale Farm" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-10-12.