Bleak Hill (Callaway, Virginia)
Bleak Hill | |
| Nearest city | Callaway, Virginia |
|---|---|
| Area | 20.5 acres (8.3 ha) |
| Built | 1858, c. 1820 |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 02001374[1] |
| VLR No. | 033-0002 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 21, 2002 |
| Designated VLR | September 11, 2002[2] |
Bleak Hill is a historic plantation home and farm located near Callaway, Franklin County, Virginia. It was built about 1858, and is the two-story, three bay, double pile, asymmetrical brick dwelling in the Italianate style. It measures approximately 40 feet by 42 feet and has a projecting two-story ell. Also on the property are a contributing two rows of frame, brick, and log outbuildings built about 1820: a two-story brick law office, a brick summer kitchen, a frame single dwelling, and a log smokehouse. Also on the property are two contributing pole barns built about 1930.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Anne Stuart Beckett (July 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bleak Hill" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Houses completed in 1858
- Italianate architecture in Virginia
- Houses in Franklin County, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Virginia
- Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs