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Prospect Hill (Fincastle, Virginia)

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Built
  
1837 (1837)-1838

VLR #
  
011-0037

Opened
  
1838

Architectural style
  
Federal architecture

NRHP Reference #
  
79003031

Designated VLR
  
December 1, 1999

Area
  
4 ha

Added to NRHP
  
28 December 1979

Prospect Hill (Fincastle, Virginia)

Location
  
Off VA 606, near Fincastle, Virginia

Prospect Hill, also known as Prospect and Gray's Folly, is a historic home located near Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia. It was built in 1837-1838, and is a 2 1/2-story, single-pile, wood frame I-house dwelling in the Federal style, with a one-story brick kitchen wing. It is sheathed in flush boarding and covered by a pedimented gable roof. The front facade features a two-level pedimented portico supported on slender Tuscan order columns.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

References

Prospect Hill (Fincastle, Virginia) Wikipedia