Red Hills is a historic home and farm complex located near
Charlottesville,
Albemarle County, Virginia
Albemarle County is a county located in the Piedmont region of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Its county seat is Charlottesville, which is an independent city and enclave entirely surrounded by the county. Albemarle County is part of the Char ...
. It consists of a two-story, five bay brick main section built about 1797 in the
Georgian style, and two brick rear wings. It has a modern, one-story frame wing. The front facade features one-story, gabled
portico
A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cult ...
of
Colonial Revival design added about 1939. Also on the property are a contributing barn (early-20th century),
corncrib and shed (early-20th century), shed (late-19th century), well (19th century), and slave
cemetery (19th century).
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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[
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Slave Population
According to the 1850 census, Red Hills Plantation was tended by a labor force of 24 slaves; many of these slaves lie in the slave cemetery, previously a part of the Red Hills property.
References
{{National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
Colonial Revival architecture in Virginia
Houses completed in 1797
Houses in Albemarle County, Virginia
National Register of Historic Places in Albemarle County, Virginia