Elk Hill (Goochland, Virginia)

Elk Hill
Location W of Goochland off VA 6, near Goochland, Virginia
Coordinates 37°42′58″N 78°05′09″W / 37.71611°N 78.08583°W / 37.71611; -78.08583Coordinates: 37°42′58″N 78°05′09″W / 37.71611°N 78.08583°W / 37.71611; -78.08583
Area 35 acres (14 ha)
Built 1835 (1835)-1839
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP Reference # 79003042[1]
VLR # 037-0009
Significant dates
Added to NRHP February 28, 1979
Designated VLR October 17, 1978[2]

Elk Hill, also known as Harrison's Elk Hill, is a historic home located near Goochland, Goochland County, Virginia. It was built between 1835 and 1839, and is a 2 1/2-story, three bay, stuccoed brick central-hall-plan house in the Greek Revival style. It has a two-story rear ell. The front facade features a one-story Tuscan order portico consisting of paired rectangular wooden pillars supporting a full entablature. Also on the property are the contributing servants' quarters, tack house, and spring house.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1] Today the property is used by a residential program for young men, called Elk Hill.[4]

The property may be[note 1] identical to one originally owned by Thomas Jefferson, known as "Elkhill" and inherited in part from his wife's family. During the American Revolutionary War, this house was occupied by Lord Cornwallis and his men for ten days, during which time they destroyed many of the crops on the farm and slaughtered many of the animals for provisions. Jefferson visited the site not long after Cornwallis left, and later recorded what he had seen in a letter to William Gordon in Paris.[5]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ The website run by Monticello indicates that it is not; the Elk Hill website, however, claims that it is.
  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission (March 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Elk Hill" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
  4. ↑ "Mission and Values - Elk Hill". elkhill.org. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Elkhill". monticello.org. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
Historical marker at Elk Hill.


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