Prospect Hill (Fincastle, Virginia) Explained

Prospect Hill
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:December 1, 1999[1]
Designated Other1 Number:011-0185
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:37.4917°N -79.8728°W
Built:-1838
Architecture:Federal
Added:December 28, 1979
Refnum:79003031

Prospect Hill, also known as Prospect and Gray's Folly, is a historic home near Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia. Built in 1837–1838, it is a -story, single-pile, wood frame I-house dwelling in the Federal style, with a one-story brick kitchen wing. It is sheathed in flush boarding and covered by a pedimented gable roof. The front facade features a two-level pedimented portico on slender Tuscan order columns.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 2013-05-12.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Prospect Hill . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff . August 1979. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo