Elk Hill (Forest, Virginia)
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Elk Hill | |
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| Location | NW of Forest on VA 663, near Forest, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°24′25″N 79°20′57″W / 37.40694°N 79.34917°WCoordinates: 37°24′25″N 79°20′57″W / 37.40694°N 79.34917°W |
| Area | 400 acres (160 ha) |
| Built | c. 1797 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference # | 73001996[1] |
| VLR # | 009-0006 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 2, 1973 |
| Designated VLR | November 21, 1972[2] |
Elk Hill is a historic plantation house located near Forest, Bedford County, Virginia. It was built about 1797, and consists of a 2 1/2-story, three bay brick central section with flanking wings in the Federal style. It has a slate gable roof and a front porch added in 1928, when restored by the architect Preston Craighill. The main block has twin brick exterior chimneys. Also on the property are a contributing small, handsome brick office, a weatherboarded cook's house and storeroom, a lattice wellhouse, and icehouse.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
- ↑ Anne Carter Lee (October 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Elk Hill" (PDF). and Accompanying photo
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