Wood Hall (Callaghan, Virginia)
Wood Hall | |
 Driveway and fields with caretaker's cottage at left | |
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| Location | VA 600, Callaghan, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°48′58″N 80°4′21″W / 37.81611°N 80.07250°W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| Built | 1874 |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 82004667[1] |
| VLR No. | 003-0008 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | July 26, 1982 |
| Designated VLR | January 20, 1981[2] |
Wood Hall, also known as Milton Hall and Oak Hall, is a historic home located at Callaghan, Alleghany County, Virginia. It was built in 1874, and is a double-pile, two-story, brick house on a stuccoed brick foundation in the Gothic Revival style. It features a two-story, gable roof entrance tower with clasping buttresses and pointed-arch openings. Also on the property is a former caretaker's cottage. It was built for William Wentworth-FitzWilliam, Viscount Milton, whose wife, Lady Laura Milton, brought him from Britain to Alleghany County for his health.[3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[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 2013-05-12.
- ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (January 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Wood Hall" (PDF). and Accompanying photo
