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Wood Hall (Callaghan, Virginia)

Coordinates: 37°48′58″N 80°4′21″W / 37.81611°N 80.07250°W / 37.81611; -80.07250
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Wood Hall
Driveway and fields with caretaker's cottage at left
Wood Hall (Callaghan, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Wood Hall (Callaghan, Virginia)
Wood Hall (Callaghan, Virginia) is located in the United States
Wood Hall (Callaghan, Virginia)
LocationVA 600, Callaghan, Virginia
Coordinates37°48′58″N 80°4′21″W / 37.81611°N 80.07250°W / 37.81611; -80.07250
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1874 (1874)
Architectural styleGothic Revival
NRHP reference No.82004667[1]
VLR No.003-0008
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 26, 1982
Designated VLRJanuary 20, 1981[2]

Wood Hall, also known as Milton Hall and Oak Hall, is a historic home located at Callaghan, Alleghany County, Virginia. It was built in 1874, and is a double-pile, two-story, brick house on a stuccoed brick foundation in the Gothic Revival style. It features a two-story, gable roof entrance tower with clasping buttresses and pointed-arch openings. Also on the property is a former caretaker's cottage. It was built for William Wentworth-FitzWilliam, Viscount Milton, whose wife, Lady Laura Milton, brought him from Britain to Alleghany County for his health.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[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 2013-05-12.
  3. ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (January 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Wood Hall" (PDF). and Accompanying photo