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Federal Hill (Forest, Virginia)

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Built
  
1772 (1772), 1782

VLR #
  
015-0003

Opened
  
1782

Added to NRHP
  
9 September 1982

NRHP Reference #
  
82004547

Designated VLR
  
May 18, 1982

Area
  
16 ha

Federal Hill (Forest, Virginia)

Location
  
S of Forest on VA 623, near Forest, Virginia

Federal Hill is a historic home located near Forest, Campbell County, Virginia. It was built in 1782, and is a three part Palladian-type dwelling. It consists of a 2 1/2-story main block flanked by one-story wings. It has a brick kitchen addition added in 1955-1956. The house is a frame structure sheathed in weatherboard. The front facade features a two-tier pedimented gable portico that was constructed about 1930 to replace an earlier one. Also on the property is the contributing second clerk's office of Bedford County, built in 1772. Federal Hill was the residence of James Steptoe (1750-1826), the second clerk of Bedford County and lifelong friend of Thomas Jefferson.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

References

Federal Hill (Forest, Virginia) Wikipedia