Clifton (Hamilton, Virginia)

Clifton is a historic plantation house located near Hamilton, Cumberland County, Virginia.   It was built about 1760, and is a two-story, seven-bay frame dwelling in the Georgian style.   It has a hipped roof and a one-bay, one-story wing on the west end.   The front facade features a three-bay, one-story gable roof porch  supported by elongated Tuscan order columns.   It was the home of Carter Henry Harrison (~1727 – 1793/1794), who as a member of the Cumberland Committee of Safety, wrote the Instructions for Independence presented to the Virginia Convention of May 1776. 

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. 

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Category:Harrison family of Virginia
Category:Plantation houses in Virginia
Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
Category:Georgian architecture in Virginia
Category:Houses completed in 1760
Category:Houses in Cumberland County, Virginia
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Cumberland County, Virginia