Elk Hill (Nellysford, Virginia)

Elk Hill
Location 511 Rockfish Valley Highway, near Nellysford, Virginia
Coordinates 37°52′38″N 78°54′39″W / 37.87722°N 78.91083°W / 37.87722; -78.91083Coordinates: 37°52′38″N 78°54′39″W / 37.87722°N 78.91083°W / 37.87722; -78.91083
Built 1749
Architectural style Classical Revival, Greek Revival
NRHP Reference # 07000220 [1]
VLR # 062-0005
Significant dates
Added to NRHP March 27, 2007
Designated VLR December 6, 2006[2]

Elk Hill is a historic house and farm complex located at Nellysford, Nelson County, Virginia. It is one of the earliest extant farms in Nelson County. The 173-acre (0.70 km2) rural farm bounded in part by the South Fork of the Rockfish River and Reid’s Creek. The main house is a substantial two-story, three-bay wide frame dwelling with a central hall plan, with the original portion built between 1790 and 1810. The house underwent a series of 19th-century additions and a major remodeling in 1902 in the neoclassical style. The contributing outbuildings include: smokehouse, built in the last quarter of the 18th century; tobacco barn, built circa 1790-1810; 19th century chicken house, two seat outhouse, and double crib barn; garages built in 1902 and in 1955; and a stone boundary/retaining wall, built in the last quarter of the 18th century.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form" (PDF). Elk Hill. Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. 2008-11-21. and Accompanying photograph


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