Cyrus McCormick Farm
McCormick Farm and Workshop | |
Grist mill (left) and blacksmith shop (right) | |
| Location | S of Staunton on U.S. 11 and Raphine Road at Walnut Grove, Steele's Tavern, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°56′2″N 79°13′4″W / 37.93389°N 79.21778°W |
| Area | 644 acres (261 ha) |
| Built | 1809 |
| NRHP reference No. | 66000846 |
| VLR No. | 081-0073 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966 |
| Designated NHLD | July 19, 1964 |
| Designated VLR | September 9, 1969 |
The Cyrus McCormick Farm and Workshop is on the family farm of inventor Cyrus Hall McCormick known as Walnut Grove. Cyrus Hall McCormick improved and patented the mechanical reaper, which eventually led to the creation of the combine harvester.
The farm is near Steele's Tavern and Raphine, close to the northern border of Rockbridge and Augusta counties in the U.S. state of Virginia, and is currently a museum run by the Virginia Agricultural Experimental Station of Virginia Tech. The museum has free admission and covers 5 acres (2.0 ha) of the initial 532-acre (215.3 ha) farm.