Pompey Callaway House Explained

Pompey Callaway House
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:June 20, 1989[1]
Designated Other1 Number:060-0434
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:VA 754, 0.2 miles (0.32 km) east of US 460, near Elliston, Virginia
Coordinates:37.2164°N -80.23°W
Built:c.
Builder:Callaway, Pompey
Architecture:Single-pile center-passage
Added:November 13, 1989
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:89001811

Pompey Callaway House is a historic home located near Elliston, Montgomery County, Virginia, United States. The house was built about 1910, and is a two-story, three-bay brick dwelling with a single pile central passage plan. Its builder, Pompey Callaway, was an ex-slave from Franklin County. It is one of the most substantial houses built for an African-American owner in Montgomery County before 1920.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

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: Pompey Callaway House . Gibson Worsham. January 1988. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo