The Rivanna Farm, originally called Eglenton, is a historic home and farm located near Bremo Bluff in

Fluvanna County, Virginia Fluvanna County is a county located in the Piedmont region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,249. Its county seat is Palmyra, while the most populous community is the census designa ...

. The main house is the work by grassroots builder and architect, Capt. John B. Anderson, father of architect D. Wiley Anderson, who assisted in its construction. It was built in 1880, and is a two-story, frame dwelling in the

Italianate The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style combined its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century It ...

style. Also on the property are the contributing kitchen / quarter building,

smokehouse A smokehouse (North American) or smokery (British) is a building where meat or fish is curing (food preservation), cured with Smoking (cooking), smoke. The finished product might be stored in the building, sometimes for a year or more.corncrib A corn crib or corncrib is a type of granary used to dry and store corn. It may also be known as a cornhouse or corn house. Overview After the harvest and while still on the cob, corn is placed in the crib either with or without the husk. The ...

s, stable, bath house / tool shed,

granary A granary, also known as a grain house and historically as a granarium in Latin, is a post-harvest storage building primarily for grains or seeds. Granaries are typically built above the ground to prevent spoilage and protect the stored grains o ...

, well, and schoolhouse / tenant house. Farm operations started at the Rivanna Farm site in 1839. an
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in 2001.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Italianate architecture in Virginia Houses completed in 1880 Houses in Fluvanna County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Fluvanna County, Virginia {{FluvannaCountyVA-NRHP-stub