Elk Hill
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Location | 511 Rockfish Valley Highway, near Nellysford, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°52′38″N 78°54′39″W / 37.87722°N 78.91083°WCoordinates: 37°52′38″N 78°54′39″W / 37.87722°N 78.91083°W |
Built | 1749 |
Architectural style | Classical Revival, Greek Revival |
NRHP reference # | 07000220 |
VLR # | 062-0005 |
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Added to NRHP | March 27, 2007 |
Designated VLR | December 6, 2006 |
Elk Hill is a historic house and farm complex located near Nellysford, Nelson County, Virginia. It is one of the earliest extant farms in Nelson County. The 173-acre (0.70 km2) rural farm bounded in part by the South Fork of the Rockfish River and Reid’s Creek. The main house is a substantial two-story, three-bay wide frame dwelling with a central hall plan, with the original portion built between 1790 and 1810. The house underwent a series of 19th-century additions and a major remodeling in 1902 in the neoclassical style. The contributing outbuildings include: smokehouse, built in the last quarter of the 18th century; tobacco barn, built circa 1790-1810; 19th century chicken house, two seat outhouse, and double crib barn; garages built in 1902 and in 1955; and a stone boundary/retaining wall, built in the last quarter of the 18th century.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.