Fotheringay (Elliston, Virginia)

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 full five bays in the 1950s. It was the home of Col. George Hancock (1754–1820).^[3]

Fotheringay
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Fotheringay, HABS Photo
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Location	South of the junction of Rtes. 11 and 631, near Elliston, Virginia
Coordinates	37°10′43″N 80°14′36″W
Area	188.1 acres (76.1 ha)
Built	c. 1796 (1796)
NRHP reference No.	69000262[1]
VLR No.	060-0005
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 12, 1969
Designated VLR	May 13, 1969[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff (April 1969). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fotheringay" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo

External links

• Fotheringay, U.S. Route 11 vicinity, Elliston, Montgomery County, VA: 3 photos and 2 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey