Elk Hill | |
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°W |
Area | 400 acres (160 ha) |
Built | c. 1797 |
Architectural style | Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 73001996 [1] |
VLR No. | 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]
Elk Hill | |
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°W |
Area | 400 acres (160 ha) |
Built | c. 1797 |
Architectural style | Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 73001996 [1] |
VLR No. | 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]