NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in National Register Bulletin, How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. 1. Name of Property Historic name: Little River Rural Historic District_____________________________ Other names/site number: VDHR File No. 030-5579 ___________________________ Name of related multiple property listing: _______N/A____________________________________________________ (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing _________________________________________________________________________ 2. Location Roughly bounded on E by SR 629, on N by SR 776 & USR 50, on W by Cromwell’s Run RHD, on S ¾ mile N of SR 55, and on SE by Broad Run RHD City or town: The Plains_____ State: VA__________ County: Fauquier________ Not For Publication: Vicinity: N/A X ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this X nomination ___ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property _X__ meets ___ does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant at the following level(s) of significance: ___national ___statewide _X__ local Applicable National Register Criteria: __X_A ___B _X__C ___D Signature of certifying official/Title: Date ___Virginia Department of Historic Resources_____________________________ State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. Signature of commenting official: Date Title : State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government 1 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Little River Rural Historic District Fauquier County, Virginia Name of Property County and State ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that this property is: entered in the National Register determined eligible for the National Register determined not eligible for the National Register removed from the National Register other (explain:) _____________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Signature of the Keeper Date of Action ____________________________________________________________________________ 5. Classification Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply.) Private: X Public – Local X Public – State X Public – Federal Category of Property (Check only one box.) Building(s) District X Site Structure Object Sections 1-6 page 2 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Little River Rural Historic District Fauquier County, Virginia Name of Property County and State Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count) Contributing Noncontributing ______849_______ ___1,237_______ buildings _______79 ______ _____35_______ sites ______515_______ ____ 440___ ___ structures ________2 ____ ______5_____ _ objects _____1,445________ ___ 1,719_______ Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register *77________ *4 buildings have since been demolished in Burrland Historic District, but not subtracted from total, see inventory _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) DOMESTIC/Single Dwelling, Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure LANDSCAPE/Natural Feature – River, Mountain, Valley, Meadow OTHER/Stone Wall/Fence, FUNERARY/Cemetery, Burying Ground RECREATION and CULTURE/Sports Facility AGRICULTURE/SUBSISTENCE/ Processing, Storage, Agricultural Field, Agricultural Outbuilding, Animal Facility, Horticultural Facility INDUSTRY/PROCESSING/EXTRACTION/Manufacturing Facility, Waterworks, DEFENSE/Battle Site TRANSPORTATION/Road Related (vehicular) Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) DOMESTIC/Single Dwelling, Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure LANDSCAPE/Natural Feature – River, Mountain, Valley, Meadow OTHER/Stone Wall/Fence FUNERARY/Cemetery, Burying Ground RECREATION and CULTURE/Sports Facility AGRICULTURE/SUBSISTENCE/Processing, Storage, Agricultural Field, Agricultural Outbuilding, Animal Facility, Horticultural Facility INDUSTRY/PROCESSING/EXTRACTION/Manufacturing Facility, Waterworks TRANSPORTATION/Road Related (vehicular) Sections 1-6 page 3 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Little River Rural Historic District Fauquier County, Virginia Name of Property County and State _____________________________________________________________________________ 7. Description Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions.) OTHER/Hall-Parlor, Single Cell, Center Hall EARLY REPUBLIC/Roman Revival, Federal MID-19TH CENTURY/Greek Revival LATE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY REVIVALS/Colonial Revival, Classical Revival LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN MOVEMENTS/ Bungalow/Craftsman MODERN MOVEMENT/Ranch, Neoeclectic, Neocolonial, Minimal Traditional ___________________ Materials: (enter categories from instructions.) Principal exterior materials of the property: STONE/Sandstone, Limestone, Slate; BRICK; TERRA COTTA; CONCRETE/Cinder Block; WOOD/Log, Timber-Frame, Frame, Weatherboard, Board and Batten, Shingle; STUCCO; METAL/Tin, Copper, Iron Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current physical appearance and condition of the property. Describe contributing and noncontributing resources if applicable. Begin with a summary paragraph that briefly describes the general characteristics of the property, such as its location, type, style, method of construction, setting, size, and significant features. Indicate whether the property has historic integrity.) ______________________________________________________________________________ Summary Paragraph Containing over 23,000 acres including the land of five individually-listed properties, the Little River Rural Historic District is composed of the northeastern region of Fauquier County between The Plains and Middleburg (south-north) and the Bull Run Mountains and Cromwell’s Run (east-west) in the watershed of Little River, a tributary of the state scenic river, Goose Creek, that flows north into Loudoun County and the Potomac. The western boundary of the Little River district follows the eastern perimeter of the Cromwell’s Run Rural Historic District (030-5434). The southeastern border joins the northwestern line of the Broad Run/Little Georgetown Rural Historic District (030-5514). The Fauquier County part of the Middleburg Battlefield, south of John S. Mosby Highway, lies within the Little River area. The district extends approximately eight miles vertically, south to north and varies to about six-and-three- quarter-miles wide, west to east. Lying near the base of the Blue Ridge Mountain range on the west and below the Bull Run Mountains on the east, the Little River Rural Historic District is the definitive model of the characteristics of the Piedmont region’s topography. Established in Goshen, New York, in 1900 and officially relocated to Fauquier County in 1903, the Orange County Hunt is the geographical and recreational heart of the territory.1 Since settlement in the late eighteenth century, the pastoral agricultural landscape has remained fertile and green by the headwaters of Little River and other Goose Creek tributaries: Cromwell’s Run, Long Branch Section 7 page 4 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Little River Rural Historic District Fauquier County, Virginia Name of Property County and State of the Little River, Whitewood Branch, Burnt Mill Run, Bartons Branch, and Hungry Run in their drainage from surrounding mountain ranges. Tall, white, sycamores and oaks landmark these glistening waterways. The landscape features stone, rail, and board-fenced, undulated pastures of grazing black Angus, Holstein, and Longhorn cattle, thoroughbred hunter, race, and event horses, Connemara, Dartmoor, and Nokota ponies, sheep, goats, and poultry. Several farms engage in honeybee revitalization as shown by stacked wooden hives near gardens or fencerows. Glen-Ora on Green Peace Lane provides shelter for rescued horses, donkeys, and potbelly pigs. There are numerous natural slate and stone quarries. The rising landscape embraces frequent notable bank barns,