015-5012

Walnut Hill

VLR Listing Date

12/01/1999

NRHP Listing Date

01/28/2000

NHL Listing Date

NA

NRHP Reference Number

99001724

Walnut Hill has stood for two centuries among picturesque fields and woodlands in Flat Creek Valley in Campbell County. The original one-room log section was built for Samuel and Judith Clark Moorman in 1802. Shortly afterwards a new front of frame construction was added. Both sections are detailed in the Georgian style with notable architectural features such as false-panel batten doors. The property was later owned by Samuel and Judith’s son Samuel Tucker Moorman, a Methodist minister who spent most of his later life in Richmond, but who retired to Walnut Hill. In 1883 Moorman sold the house to Colonel Joel Breckenridge Leftwich, a Civil War veteran and two-term delegate in the Virginia General Assembly. Leftwich’s wife was Moorman’s sister Lucy Frances. Joel Leftwich and other members of the Leftwich and Moorman families lie buried on a ridge top in a stone-walled cemetery with a notable cantilevered stile.

Last Updated: June 2, 2023

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Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark

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