A.C. Beatie House

A.C. Beatie House
Location 249 W. Lee Hwy., near Chilhowie, Virginia
Coordinates 36°47′55″N 81°41′4″W / 36.79861°N 81.68444°W / 36.79861; -81.68444Coordinates: 36°47′55″N 81°41′4″W / 36.79861°N 81.68444°W / 36.79861; -81.68444
Area 18 acres (7.3 ha)
Built 1891 (1891)
Built by Pendleton, J. William
Architectural style Queen Anne
NRHP reference # 01000697[1]
VLR # 189-0014
Significant dates
Added to NRHP July 5, 2001
Designated VLR July 5, 2001[2]

A.C. Beatie House is a historic home located near Chilhowie, Smyth County, Virginia. It was built in 1891, and is a two-story, frame Queen Anne style dwelling. It features a cornice with molded gable returns and scroll-sawn profile brackets, a polygonal front bay, and a one-story, three-bay porch with intricately scroll-sawn columns, cornice brackets, and balustrade. Also on the property are the contributing poured concrete dairy, a frame smokehouse constructed above an underground root cellar, a frame shed used to store coal and wood, a shed-roofed chicken coop, a frame garden house / garage, a garage, and a frame machinery shed. Also located on the property are the ruins of Town House, composed of three stone chimneys and brick wall remnants of a summer kitchen.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
  3. John R Kern (January 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: A.C. Beatie House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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