Built c. 1760 VLR # 024-0036 Area 101 ha Added to NRHP 19 June 1973 | NRHP Reference # 73002007 Designated VLR April 17, 1973 | |
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Location North of Hamilton off VA 690, near Hamilton, Cumberland County, Virginia | ||
Clifton is a historic plantation house located near Hamilton, Cumberland County, Virginia. It was built about 1760, and is a two-story, seven-bay frame dwelling in the Georgian style. It has a hipped roof and a one-bay, one-story wing on the west end. The front facade features a three-bay, one-story gable roof porch supported by elongated Tuscan order columns. It was the home of Carter Henry Harrison (~1727 – 1793/1794), who as a member of the Cumberland Committee of Safety, wrote the Instructions for Independence presented to the Virginia Convention of May 1776.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
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