{"nrhp_refnum":"69000262","name":"Fotheringay","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of jct. of Rtes. 11 and 631","address_restricted":false,"city":"Elliston","county":"Montgomery County","state":"VA","lat":37.17882498000006,"lon":-80.24309318499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1969-11-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Fotheringay is a two-story brick plantation house with a two-level portico on its west front, set on a steep knoll above the South Fork of the Roanoke River near Elliston, Montgomery County, Virginia. It was probably built soon after 1796.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the finest post-colonial plantation houses in southwestern Virginia, with unusually fine interior woodwork for its time and place. It is also tied to Colonel George Hancock, a Revolutionary War officer and congressman. Its commanding site and these associations make it a major local landmark.","narrative":"Fotheringay is a two-story brick plantation house on a steep knoll overlooking the bottom land of the South Fork of the Roanoke River, with the Blue Ridge Mountains rising behind it. It was probably built soon after 1796, when Colonel George Hancock bought the property. Hancock served as a Colonel of the Virginia Line in the Revolutionary War, sat in the Virginia House of Delegates, and was the first citizen of Botetourt County to serve in the United States Congress. His daughter Julia married General William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The house originally had a three-bay facade, and in the late 1950s two bays were added to the south end to make it symmetrical, with the original details carefully reproduced. Inside, the stairhall and drawing room have Adamesque woodwork, including modillion and dentil cornices and an elaborate chimneypiece. The house is regarded as one of the finest post-colonial plantation houses in southwestern Virginia.","period_of_significance":"18th Century, 20th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Post-colonial plantation house with Adamesque interior decoration","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition and altered; the facade was extended in the late 1950s. It is a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:56.446268-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/89/6819/41681989/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/69000262.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000262/a8054444e3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000262/a8054444e3-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown authorUnknown author","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fotheringay,_U.S._Route_11_vicinity,_Elliston_vicinity_(Montgomery_County,_Virginia).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown authorUnknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fotheringay,_U.S._Route_11_vicinity,_Elliston_vicinity_(Montgomery_County,_Virginia).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681989","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fotheringay_(Elliston,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712332"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/montgomery-county/fotheringay-69000262/"}