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Locust Hill (Locust Dale, Virginia)

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Built by
  
Mahanes, Harry

NRHP Reference #
  
02000590

Opened
  
1834

Added to NRHP
  
30 May 2002

Architectural style
  
Federal, Greek Revival

VLR #
  
056-5012

Area
  
12 ha

Architect
  
Harry Mahanes

Locust Hill (Locust Dale, Virginia)

Location
  
Jct. of US 15, VA 634, and VA 614, Locust Dale, Virginia

Built
  
1834 (1834), 1849, c. 1900

Locust Hill is a historic home and farm complex located at Locust Dale, Madison County, Virginia. The two-story frame house incorporates an original side-passage- plan section dating to 1834. which was enlarged and given a two-tier Doric order front porch probably about 1849. About 1900 a three-story bathroom tower, a summer kitchen, and a brick greenhouse wing were added. The house includes Federal and Greek Revival style elements. Also on the property are the contributing Willis's School (1897), smokehouse, cistern, dairy, brick lined pit, the site of a water tower, chicken house, Locust Dale store and Post Office (1880s), and Fertilizer House (1934).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

References

Locust Hill (Locust Dale, Virginia) Wikipedia


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