Blankenship Farm is a historic home and barn located near Ellett,

Montgomery County, Virginia Montgomery County is a county located in the Valley and Ridge area of the U.S. state of Virginia. As population in the area increased, Montgomery County was formed in 1777 from Fincastle County, which in turn had been taken from Botetourt Cou ...

. The farmhouse was built around 1929, and is a three-bay, two-story, brick, hipped roofed,

American Foursquare The American Foursquare (also American Four Square or American 4 Square) is an American house vernacular under the Arts and Crafts style popular from the mid-1890s to the late 1930s. A reaction to the ornate and mass-produced elements of the ...

-style dwelling. In addition to the farmhouse, there is a contributing fourteen-sided frame barn on a poured concrete foundation. It has a concrete floor and is sided with German or novelty weatherboard. an
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National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 1989. Its 14-sided barn is a

round barn A round barn is a historic barn design that could be octagonal, polygonal, or circular in plan. Though round barns were not as popular as some other barn designs, their unique shape makes them noticeable. The years from 1880 to 1920 represent ...

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Barns on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Houses completed in 1929 Houses in Montgomery County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Virginia Round barns in the United States Brick buildings and structures in Virginia {{MontgomeryCountyVA-NRHP-stub