Foster's Castle | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | January 16, 1973[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 063-0003 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Location: | Northeast of Tunstall off VA 608, near Tunstall, Virginia |
Coordinates: | 37.5889°N -77.0783°W |
Built: | c., 1873 |
Architecture: | Colonial, Tudor-Stuart |
Added: | April 11, 1973 |
Refnum: | 73002044 |
Foster's Castle is a historic plantation house located near Tunstall, New Kent County, Virginia. It was built about 1685, as a -story, T-shaped brick building, with a two-story central projection at the front. The house is similar to neighboring Criss Cross. It was raised to a full two stories with a low pitched roof in 1873. Its builder, Colonel Joseph Foster, was a vestryman and supervisor of construction at St. Peter's Church.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.