Mount Hope is a historic home located near New Baltimore,

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. The house was built in four periods from the early-19th to early-20th centuries. The main dwelling is a 2 ½-story, three-bay, frame dwelling on a stone foundation and in the

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style. It features a double-story porch with a hipped roof and square wooden columns. Also on the property are the contributing bank barn, a machine shed, a

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dating from the 19th century; an early-20th-century shed; a well; and the Hunton Family cemetery. an
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in 2006.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Greek Revival houses in Virginia Houses completed in 1829 Houses in Fauquier County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Fauquier County, Virginia {{FauquierCountyVA-NRHP-stub