Locust Hill is a historic home located near Mechanicsville in

Rockbridge County, Virginia Rockbridge County is a county in the Shenandoah Valley on the western edge of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,650. Its county seat is the city of Lexington. Rockbridge County completely surrounds the ...

. The house was built in 1826, and is a two-story, three bay,

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style brick dwelling. It has a side gable roof and interior end chimneys. The interior was damaged by fire in the 1850s and much of the woodwork was replaced with

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forms. A Greek Revival style front porch dates from the same period. The property also includes the contributing "slave quarters," a double pen log

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, and two frame sheds. an
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in 1986.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Federal architecture in Virginia Greek Revival houses in Virginia Houses completed in 1826 Houses in Rockbridge County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Rockbridge County, Virginia 1826 establishments in Virginia Slave cabins and quarters in the United States {{RockbridgeCountyVA-NRHP-stub