Mountain View Farm (Lexington, Virginia)

Mountain View Farm, also known as Pioneer Farms, is a historic home and farm complex located near Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia. The main house was built in 1854, and is a two-story, three-bay, brick dwelling, with a 1 1/2-story gabled kitchen and servant's wing, and one-story front and back porches. It features a Greek Revival style interior and has a standing seam metal hipped roof. The property includes an additional 13 contributing buildings and 3 contributing structures loosely grouped into a domestic complex and two agricultural complexes. They include a two-story, frame spring house / wash house, a frame meathouse, a one-room brick building that probably served as a secondary dwelling, a double-crib log barn, a large multi-use frame barn, a slatted corn crib with side and central wagon bays and a large granary.[3]

Mountain View Farm
Distant view from Interstate 64
Location199 Fredericksburg Rd., Lexington, Virginia
Coordinates37°51′51″N 79°28′59″W
Area133 acres (54 ha)
Built1854 (1854)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.99001723[1]
VLR No.081-0171
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 27, 2000
Designated VLRSeptember 15, 1999[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

References

  1. "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 5 June 2013.
  3. J. Daniel Pezzoni (May 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mountain View Farm" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
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