Westview (Brookneal, Virginia)
Westview | |
Gate to the farmhouse driveway | |
| Location | 1672 Terrell Rd., near Brookneal, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°1′37″N 78°51′53″W / 37.02694°N 78.86472°W |
| Area | 82.3 acres (33.3 ha) |
| Built | 1832 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 00000067[1] |
| VLR No. | 019-5169 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | February 4, 2000 |
| Designated VLR | December 1, 1999[2] |
Westview, also known as the Elam Homestead and Terrell Place, is a historic plantation house and farm located in Charlotte County, Virginia; the nearest community is Brookneal, which is in Campbell County. It was built in 1832, and is a two-story, three-bay, single pile, brick dwelling in the Federal style. It has two later frame additions. Also on the property are three contributing log slave cabins, a frame milk house, log smokehouse, log schoolhouse, log shed, two barns, a stable / hay barn, ice pit, a family cemetery, and a slave cemetery.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[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.
- ^ Kathy Lee Erlandson Liston (September 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Westview" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. and Accompanying photos