Hume Historic District

Hume Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Virginia Landmarks Register
Hume Historic District, September 2012
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Location	Hume & Leeds Manor Rds., Hume, Virginia
Coordinates	38°49′55″N 77°59′58″W
Area	63 acres (25 ha)
Built	1787 (1787)
Architectural style	Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.	08000070[1]
VLR No.	030-5158
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	February 21, 2008
Designated VLR	December 5, 2007[2]

Hume Historic District is a national historic district located at Hume, Fauquier County, Virginia. It encompasses 59 contributing buildings in the rural village of Hume. The majority of the buildings in the district are vernacular in nature and are late-19th- to early- 20th-century frame dwellings of the side-passage and I-house form. It also contains three commercial buildings, a church, two schools, and a former tavern. Notable buildings include Barbee's Tavern (c. 1787), "The Dell," the parsonage for Leeds Church (c. 1855), former Captain Marshall's Store (c. 1860), the African-American Hume School (c. 1906), the former Hume Methodist Church (c. 1900), and the Hume Baptist Church (1921).^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
3. Maral S. Kalbian and Margaret T. Peters (June 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hume Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos