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Smithfield
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Smithfield, c. 2019
Smithfield (Rosedale, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Smithfield (Rosedale, Virginia)
Location in Virginia
Smithfield (Rosedale, Virginia) is located in the United States
Smithfield (Rosedale, Virginia)
Location in the United States
Location Northwestern side of U.S. Route 19, 3 mi. SW of Rosedale, near Rosedale, Virginia
Area 980 acres (400 ha)
Built 1848 (1848)
Architectural style Greek Revival, Central passage plan
NRHP reference No. 94000988
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Added to NRHP August 16, 1994

Smithfield is a historic home and farm and national historic district located near Rosedale in Russell County, Virginia, United States. The district encompasses 13 contributing buildings and 5 contributing sites. The main house dates to the 1850s, and is a two-story, five-bay, central passage plan, brick Greek Revival style dwelling. Among the other buildings in the district are a brick spring house, a brick acetylene house, frame meat house, a former school house, frame horse barn, frame sheep barn, cow barn, a milking parlor, and a shop. The contributing sites include an earlier house seat, three cemeteries, and the site of a slave house.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

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