Locust Hill (Hurt, Virginia)

Locust Hill
Location 7408 Ward's Rd., Hurt, Virginia
Coordinates 37°05′54″N 79°14′55″W / 37.09833°N 79.24861°W / 37.09833; -79.24861Coordinates: 37°05′54″N 79°14′55″W / 37.09833°N 79.24861°W / 37.09833; -79.24861
Area 100 acres (40 ha)
Built 1861 (1861), 1930
Built by Johnson, Enoch
Architectural style Late Victorian, Swiss Gothic
NRHP Reference # 02001449[1]
VLR # 071-5153
Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 27, 2002
Designated VLR September 11, 2002[2]

Locust Hill is a historic home and farm complex located near Hurt, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. The house was built in two sections with the main section built in 1861, and expanded with a three-story rear ell in 1930. The original section is a 2 1/2-story, three bay, frame dwelling in the Swiss Gothic style. It has a steeply pitched gable roof that incorporates two central chimneys and four gable ends decorated in ornamental bargeboard. Also on the property are a number of contributing resources including a tavern, a servants' quarter, a kitchen, an icehouse, a chicken house, a smoke house, a dairy, a servants' quarter, a caretaker's house, a grist mill, a dam, a family cemetery, and the ruins of an 18th-century house.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Margaret Roberts (June 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Locust Hill" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos


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