Three Hills (Warm Springs, Virginia)

Three Hills
Location 348 Three Hills Ln., near Warm Springs, Virginia
Coordinates 38°02′44″N 79°46′57″W / 38.04556°N 79.78250°W / 38.04556; -79.78250Coordinates: 38°02′44″N 79°46′57″W / 38.04556°N 79.78250°W / 38.04556; -79.78250
Area 27.24 acres (11.02 ha)
Built 1913 (1913)
Architect Carneal and Johnston
Architectural style Italian Renaissance, Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference # 13000986[1]
VLR # 008-0050
Significant dates
Added to NRHP December 24, 2013
Designated VLR September 19, 2013[2]

Three Hills is a historic home located near Warm Springs, Bath County, Virginia. It was built in 1913, and is a 2 1/2-story, frame and stucco Italian Renaissance style dwelling. It consists of a central block with flanking two-story wings and rear additions. The house has a Colonial Revival style interior. The front facade features a single-story, flat-roofed portico. Also on the property are the contributing small formal boxwood garden, three frame and stucco, one-story cottages, and a stone and brick freestanding chimney. Three Hills was built by American novelist and women's rights advocate Mary Johnston (1870-1936), who lived and operated an inn there until her death.[3] J. Ambler Johnston, a young architect, distant relative of the writer and one of the founding partners of the Carneal and Johnston architectural firm (recently merged with Ballou Justice Upton), designed the house.[3]

Another home of Johnston's listed on the National Register of Historic Places is Linden Row in Richmond.[4]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/23/13 through 12/27/13. National Park Service. 2014-01-03.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. 1 2 Cox Bryan, Mollie (March 3, 2016). "Ahead of her Time". Virginia Living. Cape Fear Publishing. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  4. ↑ David Edwards and Peter Luebke (August 2013). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Three Hills" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying six photos


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