Belleview (Ridgeway, Virginia)

Belleview
Belleview Historic Marker, April 2010
LocationS of VA 641, Ridgeway, Virginia
Coordinates36°36′23″N 79°53′16″W / 36.60639°N 79.88778°W / 36.60639; -79.88778
Area40 acres (16 ha)
Built1783 (1783)
NRHP reference No.74002129[1]
VLR No.044-0002
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 10, 1974
Designated VLRMay 21, 1974[2]

Belleview is a historic plantation house located near Ridgeway, Henry County, Virginia. It was built about 1783, and is a two-story, five-bay, frame dwelling with a gable roof. It has an original two-story ell and a sun porch and one-story wing added in the mid-1950s. The front facade features a two-tier portico supported by slender Greek Ionic order columns.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff (April 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Belleview" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo