Monte Vista (Middletown, Virginia)

Monte Vista
Monte Vista, June 2013
Location8100 US 11, near Middletown, Virginia
Coordinates39°1′12″N 78°17′22″W / 39.02000°N 78.28944°W / 39.02000; -78.28944
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built1883 (1883)
Architectural styleStick/eastlake, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.87002018[1]
VLR No.034-0014
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 16, 1987
Designated VLRApril 21, 1987[2]

Monte Vista, also known as Cedar Grove Farm and Heater House, is a historic home located near Middletown, Frederick County, Virginia. It was built in 1883, and is a large three-story, five-bay, brick dwelling with Eastlake and Queen Anne design elements. The front facade features a two-story portico with four full-height Tuscan columns, added about 1942. Also on the property are the contributing large bank barn with cupola and weathervane, a scale house dating at least to 1907, a frame summer kitchen, a two level stone ice house, a smokehouse, and a brick bake oven. It was owned by Solomon and Caroline Wunder Heater, who lost two sons fighting for the Confederacy, even though she was a staunch Union sympathizer.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[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. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. ^ Shirley Maxwell and James C. Massey (January 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Monte Vista" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo