Fotheringay is a historic plantation home near Elliston in Montgomery County, Virginia, built about 1796 as a three bay brick dwelling and later expanded to a full five bays in the 1950s; it is a two story, hipped roof house with a deep two story rear ell and a projecting two level portico. It was built by enslaved laborers using bricks fired on site for its first owner, Col. George Hancock, and its next owner was the lawyer, congressman and Confederate officer Henry Edmundson. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Building Type LocationSourced to the subject's own accountVirginia, United States 2 Completed Year Classification
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Source Virginia Department of Historic Resources: Fotheringay (Elliston, Virginia) (Virginia Landmarks Register 060-0005)
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The next owner, Henry Edmundson (June 14, 1814 - December 16, 1890), was an American lawyer, congressman, farmer, slave owner and Confederate officer.
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Fotheringay is a historic plantation home located near Elliston, Montgomery County, Virginia. The house was built about 1796, and is a two-story, five bay brick dwelling with a hipped roof and deep two-story rear ell. It features a projecting two-level provincial type portico. The house was originally built as a three bay dwelling with the portico on the southernmost bay. It was expanded to the
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Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 391842): Virginia, United StatesQuote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 391842): Virginia, United States
Wikidata item Q14712332, property P131/P17 (location): Virginia, United States
Virginia Department of Historic Resources: Fotheringay (Elliston, Virginia) (Virginia Landmarks Register 060-0005)
Virginia Department of Historic ResourcesIn Style: Federal Architecture, Virginia Landmarks Register descriptionQuote, In Style: Federal Architecture, Virginia Landmarks Register description
Hancock’s house, built ca. 1815, is an elegant expression of the Federal style for what was a distant area.
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