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Elk Hill (Forest, Virginia)

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Elk Hill is a historic plantation house near Forest, Bedford County, Virginia, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

Last updated September 29, 2026

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Elk Hill is a historic plantation house located near Forest, Bedford County, Virginia. It was built about 1797 and consists of a 2+1⁄2-story, three-bay brick central section with flanking wings in the Federal style. The property includes a slate gable roof and a front porch added in 1928, when it was restored by the architect Preston Craighill. The main block has twin brick exterior chimneys. Also on the property are a contributing small brick office, a weatherboarded cook's house and storeroom, a lattice wellhouse, and an icehouse. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

History

Elk Hill is a historic plantation house located near Forest, Bedford County, Virginia. It was built about 1797 and consists of a 2+1⁄2-story, three-bay brick central section with flanking wings in the Federal style. It has a slate gable roof and a front porch added in 1928, when restored by the architect Preston Craighill. The main block has twin brick exterior chimneys. Also on the property are a contributing small, handsome brick office, a weatherboarded cook's house and storeroom, a lattice wellhouse, and icehouse. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

  • 1973

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

  • 1928

    A front porch was added during a restoration by architect Preston Craighill.

  • 1797

    Elk Hill was built about 1797.

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