Fort Hill (Burlington, West Virginia) Explained

Fort Hill
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:Patterson Creek Rd., approximately 1.5 mi (2.4 km) south of junction with U.S. Routes 50/220, near Burlington, West Virginia
Coordinates:39.3103°N -78.9356°W
Map Label:Fort Hill
Built:1853
Architecture:Federal
Added:January 9, 1997
Refnum:96001569

Fort Hill, also known as Fort Hill Farm, is a historic plantation house and national historic district located near Burlington, Mineral County, West Virginia. The district includes 15 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 2 contributing structures. The main house was completed in 1853, and is a two-story, L-shaped brick dwelling composed of a side-gable-roofed, five-bay building with a rear extension in the Federal style. It features a three-bay, one-story front porch supported by 4 one-foot-square Tuscan order columns. Also on the property are a number of contributing buildings including a washhouse and cellar, outhouse, a dairy and ice house, a meat house, a garage, a hog house, poultry houses, a bank barn with silo, and a well. The family cemetery is across the road west of the main house. Located nearby and in the district is "Woodside," a schoolhouse built about 1890, and a tenant house and summer kitchen.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Fort Hill. September 1996. 2011-08-18 . Beth Ann McPherson and Susan M. Pierce. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation.