Berry Hill is a historic home and farm complex located near
Danville,
Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States.
The main house was built in several sections during the 19th and early 20th centuries, taking its present form about 1910. The original section of the main house consists of a two-story, three-bay structure connected by a hyphen to a -story wing set perpendicular to the main block. Connected by a hyphen is a one-story, single-cell wing probably built in the 1840s. Enveloping the front wall and the hyphen of the original house is a large, two-story structure built about 1910 with a shallow gambrel roof with bell-cast eaves. Located on the property are a large assemblage of contributing outbuildings including the former kitchen/laundry, the "lumber shed," the
smokehouse
A smokehouse (North American) or smokery (British) is a building where meat or fish is cured with smoke
Smoke is a suspension of airborne particulates and gases emitted when a material undergoes combustion or pyrolysis, together with t ...
, the dairy, a small gable-roofed log cabin, a chicken house, a log slave house, log
corn crib
A corn crib or corncrib is a type of granary used to dry and store corn. It may also be known as a cornhouse or corn house.
Overview
After the harvest and while still on the cob, corn is placed in the crib either with or without the husk. The ...
, and a log stable.
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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1980.[
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References
External links
Berry Hill, Danville vic., Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South (Library of Congress).
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
Houses completed in 1910
Houses in Pittsylvania County, Virginia
National Register of Historic Places in Pittsylvania County, Virginia
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