Yet I could not have explained what drew me to the abandoned houses, barns, silos, corncribs.
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1940), granary (c. 1890), two corncribs (c. 1930), three tobacco barns (c. 1890), and a hog pen (c. 1930).
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Beyond the corncribs, at the bottom of the shallow draw, was a muddy little pond, with rusty willow bushes growing about it.
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The exterior skin consists of a reclaimed barn and two corncribs, held together with glass and steel bars. "Crib walls are supported by threaded steel rod, expressing this new architectural element, instead of hiding it".Crosbie, M.J. (2003). Architecture for the Books.
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The house was named after Montauk Point Light as an homage to Mrs. Larrabee's seafaring family. Montauk was a working farm with a caretaker's house, water tower, well house, laundry, creamery, workshop, barn, corncribs, sheds, vegetable garden, orchard. They raised peacocks, turkeys, chickens, and cattle.
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Also on the property are the contributing kitchen / quarter building, smokehouse, overseer's house, two corncribs, stable, bath house / tool shed, granary, well, and schoolhouse / tenant house. Farm operations started at the Rivanna Farm site in 1839. and Accompanying two photos The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
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Corncrib and the Chicken CoopThe current corncrib was built in 1941, designed and built by Carl Chellberg. Over the years, the Chellbergs had several different types of corncribs. Originally, the farm had a drive-through corncrib, which gave way to the silo during the dairy farm period. The current crib is a single storage structure located just north of the house.
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One of two corncribs (1933), a hog house (early 1900s), and a chicken house (early 1900s) are the historic structures. Another corncrib and a couple of metal sheds from the mid to late 20th century are the non- contributing structures. While the farm dates from at least 1869, it reflects the early settlement of Bohemian immigrants in the county beginning with Joseph and Ann Podhajsky in 1877.
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Other contributing buildings include three schools, five churches, two mills, a gas station, a restaurant, and a railroad station. The contributing structures are mostly corncribs and the contributing sites are mainly cemeteries and ruins of historic buildings. The district contains ten individual properties and two historic districts already listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and National Register of Historic Places.; ; and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993, with boundary increases in 1997 and 2007.
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The temperance movement had popularized the belief that alcohol was the major cause of most personal and social problems and prohibition was seen as the solution to the nation's poverty, crime, violence, and other ills. Upon ratification of the amendment, the famous evangelist Billy Sunday said that "The slums will soon be only a memory. We will turn our prisons into factories and our jails into storehouses and corncribs." Since alcohol was to be banned and since it was seen as the cause of most, if not all, crimes, some communities sold their jails.
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