Mountain View (Chatham, Virginia)

Mountain View
Front of the house
Location 2 mi. S of Chatham on VA 703, near Chatham, Virginia
Coordinates 36°47′00″N 79°24′13″W / 36.78333°N 79.40361°W / 36.78333; -79.40361Coordinates: 36°47′00″N 79°24′13″W / 36.78333°N 79.40361°W / 36.78333; -79.40361
Area 44 acres (18 ha)
Built c. 1840 (1840)-1842
Built by Dejarnett, James
Architectural style Federal
NRHP reference # 79003066[1]
VLR # 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 12-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

  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. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. 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


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