 Picture courtesy of Garry Thompson
Fotheringay was the home of George Hancock (1754-1820), a colonel in the Virginia Line during the Revolutionary War and aide-de-camp to Count Casimir Pulaski. He later served in both the Virginia House of Delegates and in the U.S. Congress, and was the father-in-law of explorer William Clark. Fotheringay, an elegant expression of the Federal style, was built around 1796 with a steep mountain as a dramatic backdrop. Fotheringay’s interior woodwork, particularly its chimneypieces and doorways, features delivately carved motifs copied from the pattern books of English architect William Pain.
Department of Historic Resources 1998
US 11/US 460 in the median, Shawsville. Montgomery County Virginia.
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