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Green Hill (Long Island, Virginia)

Coordinates: 37°03′51″N 79°3′42″W / 37.06417°N 79.06167°W / 37.06417; -79.06167
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Green Hill
Green Hill, HABS Photo
Green Hill (Long Island, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Green Hill (Long Island, Virginia)
Green Hill (Long Island, Virginia) is located in the United States
Green Hill (Long Island, Virginia)
LocationSW of Long Island near jct. of Rtes. 633 and 728, near Long Island, Virginia
Coordinates37°03′51″N 79°3′42″W / 37.06417°N 79.06167°W / 37.06417; -79.06167
Area0 acres (0 ha)
Builtc. 1800 (1800)
NRHP reference No.69000226[1]
VLR No.015-0005
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 12, 1969
Designated VLRSeptember 9, 1969[2]

Green Hill is a historic plantation house and national historic district located near Long Island, Campbell County, Virginia. The main house is a two-story, five-bay, brick structure with a gable roof, modillioned cornice and two interior end chimneys. The one-story rear ell was built about 1800. The interior features fine woodwork. Also on the property are a contributing frame outbuilding with a partially enclosed shed porch, a brick duck house, an ice house, a kitchen, stone laundry, a frame slave quarters, frame kitchen with stone chimney, mounting block, two log barns, the ruins of a rather large stone stable, and a large tobacco barn.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.[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. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (July 1969). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Green Hill" (PDF). and Accompanying photo
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