Prospect Hill (Fredericksburg, Virginia)

Prospect Hill
Location SE of Fredericksburg off U.S. 17, near Fredericksburg, Virginia
Coordinates 38°13′31″N 77°21′55″W / 38.22528°N 77.36528°W / 38.22528; -77.36528Coordinates: 38°13′31″N 77°21′55″W / 38.22528°N 77.36528°W / 38.22528; -77.36528
Area 20 acres (8.1 ha)
Built 1842 (1842)
NRHP Reference # 76002096[1]
VLR # 016-0019
Significant dates
Added to NRHP December 12, 1976
Designated VLR September 16, 1976[2]

Prospect Hill is a historic plantation house located near Fredericksburg, Caroline County, Virginia. The property is entirely surrounded by lands belonging to Santee. It was built about 1842, and is a two-story, five bay, double pile, brick dwelling. It has a high hipped roof and four interior end chimneys. It features a wide single front entrance door framed by unfluted Roman Doric order columns supporting a plain entablature. Also on the property is a contributing slave house.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[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. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (October 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Prospect Hill" (PDF). and Accompanying photo


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