echols farm is an historic farm property at the junction of united states route 501 and virginia state route 130, just east of glasgow, virginia. the more than property includes a vernacular frame farmhouse dating to circa 1855, (enlarged about 1914), and a number of 20th-century outbuildings. the property, which abuts the maury river, also includes surviving traces of the james river and kanawha canal, including the remains of two locks.