Built 1835 (1835)-1839 VLR # 037-0009 Opened 1839 Added to NRHP 28 February 1979 | NRHP Reference # 79003042 Designated VLR October 17, 1978 Area 14 ha | |
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Similar Ellen Glasgow House, Spence's Point, Willa Cather Birthplace, Jerdone Castle, Willow Shade | ||
Elk Hill, also known as Harrison's Elk Hill, is a historic home located near Goochland, Goochland County, Virginia. It was built between 1835 and 1839, and is a 2 1/2-story, three bay, stuccoed brick central-hall-plan house in the Greek Revival style. It has a two-story rear ell. The front facade features a one-story Tuscan order portico consisting of paired rectangular wooden pillars supporting a full entablature. Also on the property are the contributing servants' quarters, tack house, and spring house.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Today the property is used by a residential program for young men, called Elk Hill.
The property may be identical to one originally owned by Thomas Jefferson, known as "Elkhill" and inherited in part from his wife's family. During the American Revolutionary War, this house was occupied by Lord Cornwallis and his men for ten days, during which time they destroyed many of the crops on the farm and slaughtered many of the animals for provisions. Jefferson visited the site not long after Cornwallis left, and later recorded what he had seen in a letter to William Gordon in Paris.