Prospect Hill (Fredericksburg, Virginia)
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| Location | SE of Fredericksburg off U.S. 17, near Fredericksburg, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°13′31″N 77°21′55″W / 38.22528°N 77.36528°W |
| Area | 20 acres (8.1 ha) |
| Built | 1842 |
| NRHP reference No. | 76002096[1] |
| VLR No. | 016-0019 |
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| Added to NRHP | December 12, 1976 |
| Designated VLR | September 16, 1976[2] |
Prospect Hill is a historic plantation house located near Fredericksburg, Caroline County, Virginia. The property is entirely surrounded by lands belonging to Santee. It was built about 1842, and is a two-story, five-bay, double pile, brick dwelling. It has a high hipped roof and four interior end chimneys. It features a wide single front entrance door framed by unfluted Roman Doric order columns supporting a plain entablature. Also on the property is a contributing slave house.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (October 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Prospect Hill" (PDF). and Accompanying photo
Categories:
- Plantation houses in Virginia
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Houses completed in 1842
- Houses in Caroline County, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Caroline County, Virginia
- Northern Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Caroline County, Virginia, geography stubs