Built c. 1910 (1910), 1925 NRHP Reference # 11000715 Area 35 ha | Architectural style Rustic Revival VLR # 005-5329 Added to NRHP 6 September 2006 | |
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Location 142 Leftwich Rd., near Madison Heights, Virginia Architect Clark, Pendleton S.; Crowe, Walter R.; Merkey, Clyde Adrian | ||
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Hanshill, also known as Rough House, Camp Suhling, and Camp Merry Minglers, is a historic summer home and camp located near Madison Heights, Amherst County, Virginia. The property was developed by the Suhling family. Rough House dates to about 1880 and is a log cabin with a gable roof. It was named Rough House as early as 1918, and a series of additions were added about 1935. Associated with Rough House are a contributing corn crib (c. 1940) and Y.W.C.A. Spring Box (c. 1918). Hanshill was built in 1925, and is a 1 1/2-story, frame dwelling on a concrete foundation in a Rustic Revival style. It features a full-length, one-story, four-bay porch. Associated with Hanshill are servant's quarters (c. 1927), a garage / bunkhouse (c. 1927), and an outdoor tennis court (c. 1915). From 1918 to 1922, the property hosted the first semi-permanent summer camp for white girls organized by the Young Women's Christian Association (Y.W.C.A.) of Lynchburg.
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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.