Red Hills | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | December 3, 1997[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 002-0066 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 38.0947°N -78.4275°W |
Built: | c. |
Builder: | Milton L. Grigg, William Hale |
Architecture: | Georgian, Colonial Revival |
Added: | February 13, 1998 |
Refnum: | 98000047 |
Red Hills is a historic home and farm complex located near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia. It consists of a two-story, five bay brick main section built about 1797 in the Georgian style, and two brick rear wings. It has a modern, one-story frame wing. The front facade features one-story, gabled portico of Colonial Revival design added about 1939. Also on the property are a contributing barn (early-20th century), corncrib and shed (early-20th century), shed (late-19th century), well (19th century), and slave cemetery (19th century).[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
According to the 1850 census, Red Hills Plantation was tended by a labor force of 24 slaves; many of these slaves lie in the slave cemetery which is still a part of the Red Hills property.[3]