Lucky Hit
Appearance
Lucky Hit | |
Location | VA 628 S side, 4500 ft. NE of jct. with VA 658, White Post, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 39°3′22″N 78°5′33″W / 39.05611°N 78.09250°W |
Area | 131.5 acres (53.2 ha) |
Built | 1791 |
Architectural style | Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 93000834[1] |
VLR No. | 021-0045 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | August 12, 1993 |
Designated VLR | June 16, 1993[2] |
Lucky Hit is one of the oldest brick houses in southwestern Clarke County, Virginia. The double-pile (i.e. two rooms deep), central hallway house was built by Colonel Richard Kidder Meade around 1791, and was named by Meade in his belief that he had made a fortunate choice in his property. He previously resided at the log house Meadea. His children, including Bishop William Meade, who were raised on this plantation established plantations nearby; many of the historic houses remain today. This property stayed in the Meade family until 1869.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[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.
- ^ Kimberley Hart (February 3, 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Lucky Hit" (pdf). National Park Service.
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Categories:
- Plantation houses in Virginia
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Federal architecture in Virginia
- Houses completed in 1791
- Houses in Clarke County, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Clarke County, Virginia
- Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Clarke County, Virginia geography stubs