Circleville Farm
Category: Site
Historical Dates: 1752
Threat Level: Low
Location: Lincoln Rd at Northwest Fork of Goose Creek
Site of the first mill built in 1752 on the Northwest Fork of Goose Creek -- for which the community and Friends’ meetings of Goose Creek were named -- Circleville itself was named by Quaker postmaster Thomas Brown in 1836 for the two semi-circle curves made by the old Lincoln-North Fork road as it wound its way down a 456-foot-high hill and across Goose Creek. Pennsylvania Quaker Joseph West, a stone mason and brother of the famous American/British artist Benjamin West, built a stone bank barn and a log house here around 1750. The barn and a portion of the house still stand on what is now Circleville Farm.
Historical Photos
 Browns on Dead Tree Circleville.JPG |
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Today
 Circleville Farmhouse |  Circleville Farm View |
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 Circleville Bank Barn c1750 |
Detailed Information
Site of the first mill built in 1752 on the Northwest Fork of Goose Creek -- for which the community and Friends’ meetings of Goose Creek were named -- Circleville itself was named by Quaker postmaster Thomas Brown in 1836 for the two semi-circle curves made by the old Lincoln-North Fork road as it wound its way down a 456-foot-high hill and across Goose Creek. Pennsylvania Quaker Joseph West, a stone mason and brother of the famous American/British artist Benjamin West, built a stone bank barn and a log house here around 1750. The barn and a portion of the house still stand on what is now Circleville Farm.
References and Links
Photos courtesy of Paul Lawrence
To Visit
19520 Lincoln Rd, Purcellville, VA 20132
Private residence