Fotheringay (Elliston, Virginia) Explained

Fotheringay
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:May 13, 1969[1]
Designated Other1 Number:060-0005
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:South of the junction of Rtes. 11 and 631, near Elliston, Virginia
Coordinates:37.1786°N -80.2433°W
Built:c.
Added:November 12, 1969
Refnum:69000262

Fotheringay is a historic plantation home located near Elliston, Montgomery County, Virginia. The house was built about 1796, and is a two-story, five bay brick dwelling with a hipped roof and deep two-story rear ell. It features a projecting two-level provincial type portico. The house was originally built as a three bay dwelling with the portico on the southernmost bay. It was expanded to the full five bays in the 1950s. It was the home of Col. George Hancock (1754–1820).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.

External links

3 photos and 2 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fotheringay . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff. April 1969. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo