Prospect Hill

Off VA 606, Fincastle, Virginia. County/parish: Botetourt.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 28, 1979. NRIS 79003031.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Gray's Folly

From Wikipedia:

Prospect Hill (Fincastle, Virginia)

Prospect Hill, also known as Prospect and Gray's Folly, is a historic home near Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia. Built in 1837–1838, it is a 2+12-story, single-pile, wood frame I-house dwelling in the Federal style, with a one-story brick kitchen wing. It is sheathed in flush boarding and covered by a pedimented gable roof. The front facade features a two-level pedimented portico on slender Tuscan order columns.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679812

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