Clifton is a historic house north of Hamilton off Virginia Route 690 in Cumberland County, Virginia, on a 250-acre estate. Built about 1760, it is a two-story, seven-bay frame dwelling in the Georgian style with a hipped roof, a one-bay one-story wing on its west end, and a three-bay one-story gabled porch carried on elongated Tuscan-order columns. The house was the home of Carter Henry Harrison, a member of the Cumberland Committee of Safety who wrote the Instructions for Independence presented to the Virginia Convention of May 1776. Clifton was entered on the Virginia Landmarks Register on April 17, 1973, and the National Register of Historic Places on June 19, 1973. 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 Building Type
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1. Clifton (Hamilton, Virginia) (Wikipedia)
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Clifton is a historic house north of Hamilton off Virginia Route 690 in Cumberland County, Virginia, on a 250-acre estate. Built about 1760, it is a two-story, seven-bay frame dwelling in the Georgian style with a hipped roof, a one-bay one-story wing on its west end, and a three-bay one-story gabled porch carried on elongated Tuscan-order columns. The house was the home of Carter Henry Harrison, a member of the Cumberland Committee of Safety who wrote the Instructions for Independence presented to the Virginia Convention of May 1776. Clifton was entered on the Virginia Landmarks Register on April 17, 1973, and the National Register of Historic Places on June 19, 1973.
Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1760)
completion_date/completed = c. 1760
Wikipedia infobox building_type field (Plantation house)
Clifton is a historic plantation house located near Hamilton, Cumberland County, Virginia. It was built about 1760, and is a two-story, seven-bay frame dwelling in the Georgian style. It has a hipped roof and a one-bay, one-story wing on the west end. The front facade features a three-bay, one-story gable roof porch supported by elongated Tuscan order columns. It was the home of Carter Henry
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architecture: Georgian
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It was built about 1760, and is a two-story, seven-bay frame dwelling in the Georgian style.
View the Source2. Clifton (Hamilton, Virginia) (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Virginia, United StatesQuote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Virginia, United States
Wikidata item Q5133164, property P131/P17 (location): Virginia, United States
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