Fotheringay
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Fotheringay, HABS Photo
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Location | South of the junction of Rtes. 11 and 631, near Elliston, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°10′43″N 80°14′36″W / 37.17861°N 80.24333°WCoordinates: 37°10′43″N 80°14′36″W / 37.17861°N 80.24333°W |
Area | 188.1 acres (76.1 ha) |
Built | c. 1796 |
NRHP reference # | 69000262 |
VLR # | 060-0005 |
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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.