Wood Hall (Callaghan, Virginia) Explained

Wood Hall
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:January 20, 1981[1]
Designated Other1 Number:003-0008
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:37.8161°N -80.0725°W
Architecture:Gothic Revival
Added:July 26, 1982
Refnum:82004667

Wood Hall, also known as Milton Hall and Oak Hall, is a historic home located at Callaghan, Alleghany County, Virginia. It was built in 1874, and is a double-pile, two-story, brick house on a stuccoed brick foundation in the Gothic Revival style. It features a two-story, gable roof entrance tower with clasping buttresses and pointed-arch openings. Also on the property is a former caretaker's cottage. It was built for William Wentworth-FitzWilliam, Viscount Milton, whose wife, Lady Laura Milton, brought him from Britain to Alleghany County for his health.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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: Wood Hall. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff. January 1981. and Accompanying photo