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Greenfield (Fincastle, Virginia)

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NRHP Reference #
  
10000792

Designated VLR
  
June 17, 2010

Destruction date
  
1959

VLR #
  
011-0026

Area
  
3,480 m²

Added to NRHP
  
28 June 2011

Greenfield (Fincastle, Virginia)

Location
  
Botetourt Center at Greenfield, U.S. Route 220, Fincastle, Virginia

Built
  
c. 1832 (1832), c. 1850

Greenfield, also known as Col. William Preston Plantation, Preston House, and Botetourt Center at Greenfield, is a historic plantation site located at Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia. It is the house site of a plantation established in the mid-18th century by Colonel William Preston. The plantation house was destroyed by fire in 1959. The remaining buildings are kitchen/quarters (c. 1832) and saddlebag slave dwelling (c. 1850). It was the home of Col. William Preston (1729-1783), prior to his removal to Smithfield in 1774.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

References

Greenfield (Fincastle, Virginia) Wikipedia


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