Galemont is a historic home located at Broad Run,

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. It was built between 1778 and 1817, as a -story, two-room, stone hall-and-parlor-plan residence with a one-room cellar. It was expanded about 1857, and included Federal /

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-style details. In 1872, a new I-plan house was built less than 20 feet east of the original house, and connected to make one large, multi-period building with transverse center halls. It was further enlarged in 1903, with a connection to the stone kitchen and two-story wing. The later additions added a

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style to the house. Also on the property are the contributing garage, silo, old shed, pond, a

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wall (c. 1824), and two archaeological sites: the 1852 Broad Run Train Depot site and an intact segment of the Thoroughfare Gap Road. an
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in 2012.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Victorian architecture in Virginia Federal architecture in Virginia Greek Revival houses in Virginia Houses completed in 1817 Houses in Fauquier County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Fauquier County, Virginia {{Virginia-struct-stub