National Historic Landmark · Trout Dale, Virginia

Ripshin

Added to the National Register in 1971, and a National Historic Landmark.

National Historic LandmarkListed 1971
Ripshin
Photos via Wikimedia Commons

The record

Property typeBuilding
AddressNear jct. of VA 603 and 732, Trout Dale, VA
CountyGrayson County
ListedSep 22, 1971
Listed forEducation
Level of significanceNational
Also known asRipshin Farm; Sherwoood Anderson Farm
Reference number71000979
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark, Virginia Historic Landmark

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

AddressNear jct. of VA 603 and 732, Trout Dale, VA
Coordinates36.6981° N, 81.4072° W · Directions ↗
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

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Public land around it

Little Wilson Creek Wilderness ↗Wilderness, U.S. Forest ServiceAbout 2 miles away5,461 acres
Raccoon Branch Wilderness ↗Wilderness, U.S. Forest ServiceAbout 3 miles away4,225 acres

Wilderness Atlas publishes a centroid and an acreage for each unit, not a boundary line. Distance here is measured to a circle of the same area drawn around that centroid, so treat it as roughly right rather than surveyed.

Guidebooks to historic places in Virginia

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  • Historical Tours Alexandria, Virginia
    Frederick Knops, 2017
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  • Plantations of Virginia
    Charlene C. Giannetti and Jai Williams, 2017
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  • George Washington's Virginia
    John R. Maass, 2017
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  • Historic Sites in Virginia's Northern Neck and Essex County
    Thomas A. Wolf, 2011
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Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.

Reference

Questions people ask

When was Ripshin listed on the National Register?

Sep 22, 1971. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.

Source: National Park Service

Where is Ripshin?

Near jct. of VA 603 and 732, Trout Dale, Grayson County, Virginia.

Source: National Park Service

Where is the nomination form for Ripshin?

The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.

Source: National Archives

Sources

Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 71000979. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.