3400 Mountain Road
Glen Allen, VA 23060
(804) 652-1455
MeadowFarm@henrico.us
http://henrico.us/rec/places/meadow-farm/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meadow_Farm
In 1713 William Sheppard acquired the property of Meadow Farm by land grant. Not much is known about the use of the property until William’s great-grandson, Mosby Sheppard, built the existing house in 1810. Later the property was acquired by Dr. John Mosby Sheppard.
Seven generations of the Sheppard family lived at Meadow Farm.
In 1975, Elizabeth Adam Crump, wife of the late Adjutant General of Virginia, Sheppard Crump, donated the property of Meadow Farm to the County of Henrico and it was opened to the public as Meadow Farm Museum/ Crump Park in 1981.
Although restoration had been completed in the late 1970s to preserve and interpret Meadow Farm, damage from Hurricane Isabel in 2003 presented the County an opportunity to re-examine documents pertaining to the original house construction. Mosby Sheppard and his son John Sheppard built Meadow Farm in phases. Both men carefully documented the purchase of building materials and labor for work done between 1809 and 1858. During the restoration process, museum staff interpreted in detail the material, labor, and expense involved in constructing a home in 19th-century rural Virginia.
This picture shows the additions to the house.
A rare picture of the BACK of the house.
Original home built in 1810.