Elk Hill (Forest, Virginia) Explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 2013-05-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm. 2013-09-21. dead.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Elk Hill . Anne Carter Lee . October 1972. and Accompanying photo