Pompey Callaway House

Pompey Callaway House
Pompey Callaway House, October 2013
Location VA 754, 0.2 miles (0.32 km) east of US 460, near Elliston, Virginia
Coordinates 37°12′59″N 80°13′48″W / 37.21639°N 80.23000°W / 37.21639; -80.23000Coordinates: 37°12′59″N 80°13′48″W / 37.21639°N 80.23000°W / 37.21639; -80.23000
Area less than one acre
Built c. 1910 (1910)
Built by Callaway, Pompey
Architectural style Single-pile center-passage
MPS Montgomery County MPS
NRHP Reference # 89001811[1]
VLR # 060-0434
Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 13, 1989
Designated VLR June 20, 1989[2]

Pompey Callaway House is a historic home located near Elliston, Montgomery County, Virginia. The house was built about 1910, and is a two-story, three bay brick dwelling with a single pile central passage plan. Its builder, Pompey Callaway, was an ex-slave from Franklin County. It is one of the most substantial houses built for an African-American owner in Montgomery County before 1920.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "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. Gibson Worsham (January 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Pompey Callaway House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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