Red Hill Farm (Pedlar Mills, Virginia)

Red Hill Farm
Location West of Pedlar Mills on VA 647, near Pedlar Mills, Virginia
Coordinates 37°33′30″N 79°15′59″W / 37.55833°N 79.26639°W / 37.55833; -79.26639Coordinates: 37°33′30″N 79°15′59″W / 37.55833°N 79.26639°W / 37.55833; -79.26639
Area 138 acres (56 ha)
Built 1824 (1824)-1825
Architectural style Federal
NRHP Reference # 80004168[1]
VLR # 005-0014
Significant dates
Added to NRHP June 9, 1980
Designated VLR March 18, 1980[2]

Red Hill Farm is a historic home located near Pedlar Mills, Amherst County, Virginia. The main house was built about 1824-1825, and is a 2 1/2-story, Federal style brick dwelling. It has a double-pile, central-hall plan. It measures 55 feet by 42 feet, and has a slate covered hipped roof. Also on the property are a contributing brick kitchen building and "Round Top," the former overseer's residence dating to the late-18th century.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

  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 2013-05-12.
  3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (March 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Red Hill Farm" (PDF). and Accompanying photo


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