Kenmore Farm

Kenmore Farm
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Farmhouse seen from Kenmore Road
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Location	369 Kenmore Rd., Amherst, Virginia
Coordinates	37°35′35″N 79°5′26″W / 37.59306°N 79.09056°W / 37.59306; -79.09056
Area	131.6 acres (53.3 ha)
Built	c. 1856 (1856)
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	15000012[1]
Added to NRHP	February 17, 2015

Kenmore Farm is a historic farm and educational property at 369 Kenmore Road, just outside Amherst, Virginia. The centerpiece of the more than 130-acre (53 ha) property is a c. 1856 brick Greek Revival farmhouse, built by Samuel Garland, Sr., a prominent local lawyer and politician. The property was used intermittently between 1872 and 1899 as a preparatory high school, operated by Henry Aubrey Strode, who later became the first president of Clemson University. As such, its building complex includes a dormitory and apartment building in addition to various mainly agricultural outbuildings, including a corn crib and barn, and the remnants of an outdoor summer kitchen. The property has seen predominantly agrarian use in the 20th century.^[2]

The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.^[1]

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Amherst County, Virginia