Locust Hill (Locust Dale, Virginia)
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Locust Hill | |
Location | Jct. of US 15, VA 634, and VA 614, Locust Dale, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 38°20′17″N 78°07′33″W / 38.33806°N 78.12583°W |
Area | 30 acres (12 ha) |
Built | 1834 | , 1849, c. 1900
Built by | Mahanes, Harry |
Architectural style | Federal, Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 02000590[1] |
VLR No. | 056-5012 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | May 30, 2002 |
Designated VLR | March 13, 2002[2] |
Locust Hill is a historic home and farm complex located at Locust Dale, Madison County, Virginia. The two-story frame house incorporates an original side-passage- plan section dating to 1834. which was enlarged and given a two-tier Doric order front porch probably about 1849. About 1900 a three-story bathroom tower, a summer kitchen, and a brick greenhouse wing were added. The house includes Federal and Greek Revival style elements. Also on the property are the contributing Willis's School (1897), smokehouse, cistern, dairy, brick lined pit, the site of a water tower, chicken house, Locust Dale store and Post Office (1880s), and Fertilizer House (1934).[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ J. Daniel Pezzoni (November 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Locust Hill" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Federal architecture in Virginia
- Greek Revival houses in Virginia
- Houses completed in 1834
- Houses in Madison County, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Madison County, Virginia
- 1834 establishments in Virginia
- Northern Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Madison County, Virginia geography stubs
- Virginia building and structure stubs