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By LOU HATTER
Arundel Newspapers Staff Writer
Two Rappahannock County homes were recently added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Caledonia Farm, off the Fodderstack Road between Washington and Flint Hill, and the John W. Miller House in Slate Mills, were recognized by the Virginia Board of Historic Resources last spring. Their listing in the National Register is the final step in certification as historic landmarks, according to a U.S. Department of the Interior spokesman.
Caledonia Farm is a 52-acre tract in the shadow of The Peak, just west of Flint Hill along the old wagon road to the county seat.
The two-story, Federal-style fieldstone farmhouse was built in 1812 for John Dearing, a veteran of the Revolutionary War. It is, according to historians, representative of the type of property carved out of the rolling Piedmont by prosperous farmers during the early 19th century.
One of the most distinguishing features of the home’s interior is a hand-crafted mantle. It was reportedly hewn by former Hessian soldiers who settled in the area following the Revolutionary War, taking up woodworking tools as journeyman carpenters.
The stone house is surrounded by a grove of maples and pines. A summer kitchen, also made of fieldstone, was connected to the main house by a breezeway in the 1950s. The summer kitchen, along with the house and the Dearing family cemetery, are the historically significant structures on the farm. The family cemetery dates from 1839, and is the resting place of Col. Dearing.
“Everyone recognizes that this is the finest stonework home done,” said Caledonia Farm’s owner, Phil Irwin. “It is the last of perhaps eight
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