Mountain View Farm (Lexington, Virginia)
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Mountain View Farm | |
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| Location | 199 Fredericksburg Rd., Lexington, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°51′51″N 79°28′59″W / 37.86417°N 79.48306°WCoordinates: 37°51′51″N 79°28′59″W / 37.86417°N 79.48306°W |
| Area | 133 acres (54 ha) |
| Built | 1854 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 99001723[1] |
| VLR # | 081-0171 |
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| Added to NRHP | January 27, 2000 |
| Designated VLR | September 15, 1999[2] |
Mountain View Farm, also known as Pioneer Farms, is a historic home and farm complex located near Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia. The main house was built in 1854, and is a two-story, three-bay, brick dwelling, with a 1 1/2-story gabled kitchen and servant's wing, and one-story front and back porches. It features a Greek Revival style interior and has a standing seam metal hipped roof. The property includes an additional 13 contributing buildings and 3 contributing structures loosely grouped into a domestic complex and two agricultural complexes. They include a two-story, frame spring house / wash house, a frame meathouse, a one-room brick building that probably served as a secondary dwelling, a double-crib log barn, a large multi-use frame barn, a slatted corn crib with side and central wagon bays and a large granary.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]
References
- 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ↑ J. Daniel Pezzoni (May 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mountain View Farm" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
