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Fancy Farm
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	On VA 43, N of jct. with VA 682, near Bedford, Virginia
Coordinates	37°23′53″N 79°33′24″W / 37.39806°N 79.55667°W / 37.39806; -79.55667
Area	15 acres (6.1 ha)
Built	c. 1785 (1785)
Architectural style	Georgian, Late Georgian
NRHP reference No.	72001384
VLR No.	009-0007
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	January 7, 1972
Designated VLR	July 6, 1971

Fancy Farm is a historic plantation house located at Kelso Mill, near Bedford, Bedford County, Virginia. It was built about 1785, and is a two-story, five bay brick dwelling in the Late Georgian style. It has a metal gable roof and two interior end chimneys. The interior features original woodwork. The house was restored in 1969–1971. Also on the property are a contributing brick storehouse, a frame kitchen with a stone chimney, and a frame quarters also with a stone chimney. The property features a panorama of the Peaks of Otter. Fancy Farm was used as the headquarters of Union General David Hunter in his Lynchburg campaign during the Valley Campaigns of 1864.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (June 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fancy Farm" (PDF). and Accompanying photo

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