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{{short description|Historic house in Virginia, United States}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name =Elk Hill
| nrhp_type =
| designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register
| designated_other1_date =December 6, 2006<ref name=register>{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/062-0005_Elk_Hill_2007_NRfinal.pdf}}</ref>
| designated_other1_number = 062-0005
| designated_other1_num_position = bottom
| image = Elk Hill near Wintergreen.jpg
| caption = Front of the house
| location= 511 [[Virginia State Route 151|State Route 151]], near [[Wintergreen, Virginia|Wintergreen]], [[Virginia]]
| coordinates = {{coord|37|52|38|N|78|54|39|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Virginia#USA
| area =
| built =1749
| architect=
| architecture= Classical Revival, Greek Revival
| added = March 27, 2007
| refnum=07000220 <ref name=nris>{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref>
}}
'''Elk Hill''' is a historic [[Plantation house in the Southern United States|house]] and farm complex located near [[Nellysford, Virginia|Nellysford]], [[Nelson County, Virginia]]. Operated for more than 250 years, it is one of the earliest extant farms in Nelson County. The {{convert|173|acre|km2|adj=on}} rural farm bounded in part by the South Fork of the [[Rockfish River]] and Reid's Creek.  The [[Plantation house in the Southern United States|main house]] is a substantial two-story, three-bay wide frame dwelling with a central hall plan, with the original portion built between 1790 and 1810. Since Samuel Reid sold the farm in 1805 to Hawes Coleman (whose descendants owned it until 1977, it is unclear which family constructed the current house, particularly since the property contained the ruins of a smaller structure which was occupied into the 20th century. The house underwent a series of 19th-century additions and a major remodeling in 1902 in the [[Neoclassicism|neoclassical]] style. The property includes structures showing the succession of major crops in the area, from tobacco in the 18th and 19th centuries, to apples in the early 20th centuries. The current owner began a vineyard and winery late in the 20th century, partly on land once operated as High View Farm (ca. 1830s), as well as issued in 2005 a conservation easement to the Virginia Outdoors Foundation to protect its natural habitat and rural character. The contributing outbuildings include: [[smokehouse]], built in the last quarter of the 18th century; [[tobacco barn]], built circa 1790–1810; 19th century [[chicken house]], two seat [[outhouse]], and double [[crib barn]]; garages built in 1902 and in 1955; and a stone boundary/retaining wall, built in the last quarter of the 18th century.<ref name="dhr">{{cite web|url=https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/062-0005_Elk_Hill_2007_NRfinal.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form |date=2022-12-08 |work=Elk Hill |publisher=Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources }} and [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Nelson/062-0005_ElkHill_photographs.htm Accompanying photograph]</ref>
It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2007.<ref name="nris"/>
==References==
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{{National Register of Historic Places in Virginia}}
[[Category:Houses in Nelson County, Virginia]]
[[Category:Plantation houses in Virginia]]
[[Category:Greek Revival houses in Virginia]]
[[Category:Neoclassical architecture in Virginia]]
[[Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Nelson County, Virginia]]
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