Prospect Hill (Fredericksburg, Virginia)

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Prospect Hill
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LocationSE of Fredericksburg off U.S. 17, near Fredericksburg, Virginia
Coordinates 38°13′31″N77°21′55″W / 38.22528°N 77.36528°W / 38.22528; -77.36528
Area20 acres (8.1 ha)
Built1842 (1842)
NRHP reference No. 76002096 [1]
VLR No.016-0019
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 12, 1976
Designated VLRSeptember 16, 1976 [2]

Prospect Hill is a historic plantation house located near Fredericksburg, Caroline County, Virginia. The property is entirely surrounded by lands belonging to Santee. It was built about 1842, and is a two-story, five-bay, double pile, brick dwelling. It has a high hipped roof and four interior end chimneys. It features a wide single front entrance door framed by unfluted Roman Doric order columns supporting a plain entablature. Also on the property is a contributing slave house. [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "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 5 June 2013.
  3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (October 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Prospect Hill" (PDF). and Accompanying photo