Huntingdon is a historic

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located at

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. It was built about 1819, and is a -story, five-bay,

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style brick dwelling. It has a central-passage-plan and an integral two-story rear ell. The front and side elevations feature mid-19th century

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style porches. The house was restored and improved in 1988–1989. Also on the property is a contributing family cemetery and an outbuilding believed to have been a slave house. an
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in 1991.

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Plantation houses in Virginia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Greek Revival houses in Virginia Federal architecture in Virginia Houses completed in 1819 Houses in Roanoke, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Roanoke, Virginia {{RoanokeCityVA-NRHP-stub