Melrose Caverns and Harrison Farmstead facts for kids
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Melrose Caverns and Harrison Farmstead
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Melrose Lodge
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Location | 6639 N. U.S. Route 11, near Harrisonburg, Virginia |
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Area | 142 acres (57 ha) |
NRHP reference No. | 14000237 |
Added to NRHP | May 14, 2014 |
The Melrose Caverns and Harrison Farmstead is a historic property in rural Rockingham County, Virginia. It is located at 6639 North Valley Pike (United States Route 11) north of Harrisonburg, Virginia. The property includes a series of caves that have long been a tourist attraction, including visits by soldiers of both sides during the American Civil War. It also includes a c. 1859 Greek Revival farmhouse, and numerous agricultural outbuildings, one of which is a log-structure summer kitchen that may be as old as 1820.
Commercial tours of the caverns were held until the 1980s, however tours continue to offered by reservation.
The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
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