Wood Hall (Callaghan, Virginia)

Wood Hall
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Driveway and fields with caretaker's cottage at left
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Location	VA 600, Callaghan, Virginia
Coordinates	37°48′58″N80°4′21″W / 37.81611°N 80.07250°W / 37.81611; -80.07250
Area	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built	1874 (1874)
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	82004667 [1]
VLR No.	003-0008
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	July 26, 1982
Designated VLR	January 20, 1981 [2]

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. ^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. ^[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 May 12, 2013.
3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (January 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Wood Hall" (PDF). and Accompanying photo