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Elk Hill (Forest, Virginia)

Coordinates: 37°24′25″N 79°20′57″W / 37.40694°N 79.34917°W / 37.40694; -79.34917
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Elk Hill
Front of the house
Elk Hill (Forest, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Elk Hill (Forest, Virginia)
Elk Hill (Forest, Virginia) is located in the United States
Elk Hill (Forest, Virginia)
LocationNW of Forest on VA 663, near Forest, Virginia
Coordinates37°24′25″N 79°20′57″W / 37.40694°N 79.34917°W / 37.40694; -79.34917
Area400 acres (160 ha)
Builtc. 1797 (1797)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.73001996[1]
VLR No.009-0006
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 2, 1973
Designated VLRNovember 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+12-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

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. ^ Anne Carter Lee (October 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Elk Hill" (PDF). and Accompanying photo