Carter Hill距离佛吉尼亚州拉塞尔县（Russell）4英里（6.43千米），是一处壮观的，雅致的私人住宅，坐落在起伏的331英亩（1339509.5平方米）的农场上。建于1919年，房屋位于山上，俯瞰溪谷，是一处很好辨识的地标。土地的大部分是农业使用，围栏围起的牧场放牧有牛群。整个农场有18个水槽。此外，有一处旧的养鸡谷仓正用于储存干草。地产的背面是覆盖有木林的陡峭斜坡。农场现租出用于牛群养殖和干草生产。业主还有可更新的将在2016年10月过期的CREP地役权。该住宅是双层的殖民地复兴建筑风格（Colonial Revival-style）重现，面砖是按照法式砌法完成。该建筑处有一个面向寺庙的明间，屋面盖有绿釉陶土砖，且有三个大的室内砖质烟囱。轻微突出的明间融合了一层入口和一个小的二层阳台。一层的门廊是爱摩尼亚式（Ionic）柱子，陶瓷砖地面。Carter Hill的室内有两个主生活区域，加一个全高度的地下室和一个大的阁楼。每层楼约3000平方英尺。一楼有宽阔的中央通道，经过两边两个房间。四个必备一楼房间（客厅，书房，餐厅和主套房）的壁炉周围是带虎纹橡木的壁炉架。厨房保留原有的窗户和食品储藏室，但已更新了成现代的便利设施。二楼还有中心通道，包括有4间卧室，2间带全套卫浴的卫生间，一个独立的抽水马桶以及两个卧室内有墙角水槽。第5个卧室可从后面的楼梯进入，之前上是居家仆人所住。地下室包括石材墙面，砖柱和砖隔墙。窗户提供了充足的光线。多处装有机械设备但是地下室大部分的空间是用作储存。有一个独立的冷藏室位于地下室，在食品储藏室的下面，有石材墙面，混凝土浇筑的水槽，冷泉水在其中循环。Carter Hill由建筑和施工公司W.H. Musser设计和修建。这处殖民地风格的房屋是拉塞尔县最佳20世纪初期风格的农村住宅之一。Carter Hill在2000年被列入《国家历史名胜名录》。
Carter Hill, located four miles from Lebanon in Russell County, VA is an imposing, architecturally-refined private dwelling
situated on 331 acres of rolling farmland. The house, built in 1919, is prominently situated on a hill overlooking the creek valley and is a highly visible landmark.
The majority of the acreage is retained in agricultural use, with fenced pastures for cattle grazing. There are 18 water troughs throughout the farm. In addition, there is an old chicken barn that is being used for hay storage. The steeper slopes located at the back of the property are covered in timber. The farm is currently leased for cattle and hay production. The owners also have a renewable CREP easement that will expire in Oct. 2016.
The dwelling is a tall two-story Colonial Revival-style mansion with Flemish-bond brick veneer. The building has a temple-fronted center bay. The roof is covered with green-glazed terra cotta tiles, and there are three large interior brick chimneys. The slightly protruding central bay incorporates the first floor entry and a small second story balcony. There is a one story wraparound porch with Ionic columns and ceramic tile flooring.
The interior of Carter Hill features two main living levels, plus a full height basement and a large attic. Each level is approximately 3000SF. The first floor has a wide central passage flanked on each side by two rooms. The four essential first floor rooms (parlor, library, dining room, and master suite) have fireplaces with tiger grain oak mantels. The kitchen retains original windows and pantry built ins but has been updated to include modern conveniences.
The second floor, which also has the center passage plan, includes 4 bedrooms, 2 full baths, a separate water closet and corner sinks in two of the bedrooms. A fifth bedroom, primarily accessed from the rear staircase was historically used for a live-in servant.
The basement includes stone perimeter walls, brick piers, and brick partition walls. Windows provide ample daylight. Mechanical equipment is installed in several places but for the most part the open spaces in the basement are used for storage. A separate cold storage room is located in the basement under the pantry and features stone walls and a poured concrete trough through which cold spring water once circulated.
Carter Hill was designed and built by the architectural and contracting firm W.H. Musser & Son from Abingdon, VA. This Colonial-Revival style house is one of Russell County’s finest rural dwellings of the early twentieth century. Carter Hill was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
