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Fotheringay (Elliston, Virginia)

Fotheringay
Fotheringay, U.S. Route 11 vicinity, Elliston vicinity (Montgomery County, Virginia).jpg
Fotheringay, HABS Photo
Fotheringay (Elliston, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Fotheringay (Elliston, Virginia)
Fotheringay (Elliston, Virginia) is located in the US
Fotheringay (Elliston, Virginia)
Location South of the junction of Rtes. 11 and 631, near Elliston, Virginia
Coordinates 37°10′43″N 80°14′36″W / 37.17861°N 80.24333°W / 37.17861; -80.24333Coordinates: 37°10′43″N 80°14′36″W / 37.17861°N 80.24333°W / 37.17861; -80.24333
Area 188.1 acres (76.1 ha)
Built c. 1796 (1796)
NRHP reference # 69000262
VLR # 060-0005
Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 12, 1969
Designated VLR May 13, 1969

Fotheringay is a historic plantation home located near Elliston, Montgomery County, Virginia. The house was built about 1796, and is a two-story, five bay brick dwelling with a hipped roof and deep two-story rear ell. It features a projecting two-level provincial type portico. The house was originally built as a three bay dwelling with the portico on the southernmost bay. It was expanded to the full five bays in the 1950s. It was the home of Col. George Hancock (1754-1820).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.



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