Fancy Farm | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | July 6, 1971[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 009-0007 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Location: | On VA 43, N of jct. with VA 682, near Bedford, Virginia |
Coordinates: | 37.3981°N -79.5567°W |
Built: | c. |
Architecture: | Georgian, Late Georgian |
Added: | January 7, 1972 |
Refnum: | 72001384 |
Fancy Farm is a historic plantation house located at Kelso Mill, near Bedford, Bedford County, Virginia. It was built about 1785, and is a two-story, five bay brick dwelling in the Late Georgian style. It has a metal gable roof and two interior end chimneys. The interior features original woodwork. The house was restored in 1969–1971. Also on the property are a contributing brick storehouse, a frame kitchen with a stone chimney, and a frame quarters also with a stone chimney. The property features a panorama of the Peaks of Otter. Fancy Farm was used as the headquarters of Union General David Hunter in his Lynchburg campaign during the Valley Campaigns of 1864.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.