Locust Hill (Hurt, Virginia)

Locust Hill
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	7408 Wards Rd., Hurt, Virginia
Coordinates	37°05′54″N79°14′55″W / 37.09833°N 79.24861°W / 37.09833; -79.24861
Area	100 acres (40 ha)
Built	1861 (1861), 1930
Architect	Enoch Johnson
Architectural style	Late Victorian, Swiss Gothic
NRHP reference No.	02001449 [1]
VLR No.	071-5153
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 27, 2002
Designated VLR	September 11, 2002 [2]

Locust Hill is a historic home and farm complex located near Hurt, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States. The house was built in two sections with the main section built in 1861, and expanded with a three-story rear ell in 1930. The original section is a 2+1⁄2-story, three-bay, frame dwelling in the Swiss Gothic style. It has a steeply pitched gable roof that incorporates two central chimneys and four gable ends decorated in ornamental bargeboard. Also on the property are a number of contributing resources including a tavern, a servants' quarter, a kitchen, an icehouse, a chicken house, a smoke house, a dairy, a servants' quarter, a caretaker's house, a grist mill, a dam, a family cemetery, and the ruins of an 18th-century house. ^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. ^[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. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
3. Margaret Roberts (June 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Locust Hill" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos