Ashland Farm | |
Location | South of Rossville, Georgia off GA 193 |
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Area | 96 acres (39 ha) |
Built | 1905 |
Architect | W.T. Downing |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 73000646 [1] |
Added to NRHP | October 18, 1973 |
Ashland Farm in Walker County, Georgia, near Rossville, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [1]
The property has six contributing buildings. The main house, built in 1905, situated on a hill, is a two-story brick house designed by Atlanta architect W.T. Downing. It has a monumental Classical Revival portico with 12 fluted Corinthian columns. It has 16 bays of windows across the front facade. [2]
The brick was made in St. Louis, and is rust-colored and non-porous with "a hard-fired, dull ceramic quality" that, together with careful brick placement and mortaring, achieved "an extremely smooth exterior surface." [2]
The other buildings include two brick servants' cottages, a barn, a mill, a gas house, and an open wagon shelter for a Conestoga wagon. The barn is made of brick laid in American bond. The exterior of the mill was designed by Malcom Chishom in 1929; its interior was moved from Peeler Mill on Peavine Creek near Ringgold. The gas house, later used as a smoke house, stored gas used for the lighting of the buildings. [2]