Hills Farm, also known as Hunting Creek Plantation, is a historic home and farm located in Greenbush,

Accomack County, Virginia Accomack County is a United States county that, together with Northampton County, constitutes the Eastern Shore region of the Commonwealth of Virginia. These two counties also form the southern portion of the Delmarva Peninsula, which is bo ...

. It was built in 1747. The building is a -story, five-bay, gable roofed, brick dwelling. A one-story, wood-framed and weatherboarded wing to the east gable end of the original house was added in 1856. The house was restored in 1942 using the conventions of the

Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the arch ...

style. Also on the property are a contributing smokehouse and dairy (18th century), a barn and three small sheds (before 1920), and a caretaker's cottage (1940s). It was added to the

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in 2008.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Colonial Revival architecture in Virginia Houses completed in 1747 National Register of Historic Places in Accomack County, Virginia Houses in Accomack County, Virginia 1747 establishments in the Colony of Virginia {{AccomackCountyVA-NRHP-stub