Elk Hill (Forest, Virginia)

For the Elk Hill plantation in Goochland, Virginia, see Elk Hill (Goochland, Virginia).

Elk Hill
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	NW of Forest on VA 663, near Forest, Virginia
Coordinates	37°24′25″N79°20′57″W / 37.40694°N 79.34917°W / 37.40694; -79.34917
Area	400 acres (160 ha)
Built	c. 1797 (1797)
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	73001996 [1]
VLR No.	009-0006
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 2, 1973
Designated VLR	November 21, 1972 [2]

Elk Hill is a historic plantation house located near Forest, Bedford County, Virginia. It was built about 1797, and consists of a 2+1⁄2-story, three bay brick central section with flanking wings in the Federal style. It has a slate gable roof and a front porch added in 1928, when restored by the architect Preston Craighill. The main block has twin brick exterior chimneys. Also on the property are a contributing small, handsome brick office, a weatherboarded cook's house and storeroom, a lattice wellhouse, and icehouse. ^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
3. Anne Carter Lee (October 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Elk Hill" (PDF). and Accompanying photo