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Locust Hill (Hurt, Virginia)

Coordinates: 37°05′54″N 79°14′55″W / 37.09833°N 79.24861°W / 37.09833; -79.24861
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Locust Hill
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Locust Hill (Hurt, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Locust Hill (Hurt, Virginia)
Locust Hill (Hurt, Virginia) is located in the United States
Locust Hill (Hurt, Virginia)
Location7408 Wards Rd., Hurt, Virginia
Coordinates37°05′54″N 79°14′55″W / 37.09833°N 79.24861°W / 37.09833; -79.24861
Area100 acres (40 ha)
Built1861 (1861), 1930
ArchitectEnoch Johnson
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Swiss Gothic
NRHP reference No.02001449[1]
VLR No.071-5153
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 27, 2002
Designated VLRSeptember 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 12-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

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  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. ^ Margaret Roberts (June 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Locust Hill" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos