Elk Hill | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | November 21, 1972[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 009-0006 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 37.4069°N -79.3492°W |
Built: | c. |
Architecture: | Federal |
Added: | April 2, 1973 |
Refnum: | 73001996 |
Elk Hill is a historic plantation house located near Forest, Bedford County, Virginia. It was built about 1797, and consists of a -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.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.