Mountain View (Chatham, Virginia)
Mountain View | |
Front of the house | |
| Location | 2 mi. S of Chatham on VA 703, near Chatham, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 36°47′00″N 79°24′13″W / 36.78333°N 79.40361°W |
| Area | 44 acres (18 ha) |
| Built | c. 1840-1842 |
| Built by | Dejarnett, James |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 79003066[1] |
| VLR No. | 071-0025 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 10, 1979 |
| Designated VLR | June 19, 1979[2] |
Mountain View is a historic home near Chatham, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. The house was built about 1840–1842, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, Late Federal-style brick dwelling. It is topped by a gable roof and has a double-pile central-hall plan. Also on the property are the contributing original kitchen building, schoolhouse, office, smokehouse, and corn crib. The property also contains remnants of an elaborate 19th-century formal garden, a feature characteristic of the region's finer estates.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (June 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mountain View" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo