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Pompey Callaway House

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Pompey Callaway House
Pompey Callaway House, October 2013
Pompey Callaway House is located in Virginia
Pompey Callaway House
LocationVA 754, 0.2 miles (0.32 km) east of US 460, near Elliston, Virginia
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1910 (1910)
Built byCallaway, Pompey
Architectural styleSingle-pile center-passage
MPSMontgomery County MPS
NRHP reference No.89001811[1]
VLR No.060-0434
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 13, 1989
Designated VLRJune 20, 1989[2]

Pompey Callaway House is a historic home located near Elliston, Montgomery County, Virginia. The house was built about 1910, and is a two-story, three bay brick dwelling with a single pile central passage plan. Its builder, Pompey Callaway, was an ex-slave from Franklin County. It is one of the most substantial houses built for an African-American owner in Montgomery County before 1920.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Gibson Worsham (January 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Pompey Callaway House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo