Fort Hill (Burlington, West Virginia)

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LocationPatterson Creek Rd., approximately 1.5 mi (2.4 km) south of junction with U.S. Routes 50/220, near Burlington, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°18′37″N78°56′8″W / 39.31028°N 78.93556°W / 39.31028; -78.93556
Area240 acres (97 ha)
Built1853
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No. 96001569 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 9, 1997

Fort Hill, also known as Fort Hill Farm, is a historic plantation house and national historic district located near Burlington, Mineral County, West Virginia. The district includes 15 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 2 contributing structures. The main house was completed in 1853, and is a two-story, "L"-shaped brick dwelling composed of a side gable roofed, five bay building with a rear extension in the Federal style. It features a three-bay, one-story front porch supported by four one foot square Tuscan order columns. Also on the property are a number of contributing buildings including a washhouse and cellar, outhouse, a dairy and ice house, a meat house, a garage, a hog house, poultry houses, a bank barn with silo, and a well. The family cemetery is across the road west of the main house. Located nearby and in the district is "Woodside," a schoolhouse built about 1890, and a tenant house and summer kitchen. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. [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. Beth Ann McPherson and Susan M. Pierce (September 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Fort Hill" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved August 18, 2011.