Elk Hill

Elk Hill is a historic house and farm complex located near Nellysford, Nelson County, Virginia. It is not a commercial brand, company, product, or trademarked offering; it is a historic rural property listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. The 173-acre farm is bounded in part by the South Fork of the Rockfish River and Reid's Creek. The main house is a two-story, three-bay frame dwelling with a central hall plan, with the original portion built between 1790 and 1810. The property includes outbuildings such as a smokehouse, tobacco barn, chicken house, outhouse, double crib barn, and garages, reflecting its long agricultural history. Because the subject is a historic site rather than a commercial entity, this dossier is limited and marked for review.

Elk Hill is a historic house and farm complex near Nellysford, Nelson County, Virginia. Operated for more than 250 years, it is one of the earliest extant farms in Nelson County. The 173-acre rural farm is bounded in part by the South Fork of the Rockfish River and Reid's Creek. The main house is a substantial two-story, three-bay wide frame dwelling with a central hall plan, with the original portion built between 1790 and 1810. Since Samuel Reid sold the farm in 1805 to Hawes Coleman, whose descendants owned it until 1977, it is unclear which family constructed the current house, particularly since the property contained the ruins of a smaller structure that was occupied into the 20th century. The house underwent a series of 19th-century additions and a major remodeling in 1902 in the neoclassical style. The property includes structures showing the succession of major crops in the area, from tobacco in the 18th and 19th centuries, to apples in the early 20th century. The current owner began a vineyard and winery late in the 20th century, partly on land once operated as High View Farm (ca. 1830s), and in 2005 issued a conservation easement to the Virginia Outdoors Foundation to protect its natural habitat and rural character. Contributing outbuildings include a smokehouse built in the last quarter of the 18th century; a tobacco barn built circa 1790–1810; a 19th-century chicken house, two-seat outhouse, and double crib barn; garages built in 1902 and 1955; and a stone boundary/retaining wall built in the last quarter of the 18th century. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

• 2007

  Elk Hill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

• 2005

  A conservation easement was issued to the Virginia Outdoors Foundation.

• 1977

  The Coleman family's ownership ended after owning the farm since 1805.

• 1902

  The house underwent a major remodeling in the neoclassical style.

• 1805

  Samuel Reid sold the farm to Hawes Coleman, whose descendants owned it until 1977.

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