Pompey Callaway House
Pompey Callaway House | |
 Pompey Callaway House, October 2013 | |
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| Location | VA 754, 0.2 miles (0.32 km) east of US 460, near Elliston, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°12′59″N 80°13′48″W / 37.21639°N 80.23000°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | c. 1910 |
| Built by | Callaway, Pompey |
| Architectural style | Single-pile center-passage |
| MPS | Montgomery County MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 89001811[1] |
| VLR No. | 060-0434 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 13, 1989 |
| Designated VLR | June 20, 1989[2] |
Pompey Callaway House is a historic home located near Elliston, Montgomery County, Virginia, United States. The house was built about 1910, and is a two-story, three-bay brick dwelling with a single pile central passage plan. Its builder, Pompey Callaway, was an ex-slave from Franklin County. It is one of the most substantial houses built for an African-American owner in Montgomery County before 1920.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Gibson Worsham (January 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Pompey Callaway House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
Categories:
- African-American history of Virginia
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Houses completed in 1910
- Houses in Montgomery County, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Virginia
- Elliston, Virginia
- Brick buildings and structures in Virginia
- Montgomery County, Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs