National Register of Historic Places

Fort Colvin

Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia
Listed
May 7, 2007
Type
Building
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
07000416

About this property

Fort Colvin, also known as Covill's Fort and Colvin House, is a historic home located near Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia. It was built about 1750, and is a 1 1/2-story, stone and frame building with a metal gable roof and interior chimney. It measures 24 feet by 34 feet and is nearly centrally positioned over a spring. Also on the property are a contributing site of a small domestic outbuilding and the ruins of a small footbridge. Fort Colvin is believed to have been built by some of the first European settlers in the first multi-ethnic community west of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. It is thought to have been used as a settler's fort by Joseph Colvill in 1755. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

Location

104 Stonebrook Rd.
Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia
39.14083, -78.22509

Categories

EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENTARCHITECTUREHISTORIC - NON-ABORIGINAL
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Sources

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When was Fort Colvin listed on the National Register?

Fort Colvin was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 7, 2007.

What type of historic resource is Fort Colvin?

Fort Colvin is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Fort Colvin is recorded as the early_republic era.

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