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Mountain View (Chatham, Virginia)

Coordinates: 36°47′00″N 79°24′13″W / 36.78333°N 79.40361°W / 36.78333; -79.40361
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Mountain View
Front of the house
Mountain View (Chatham, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Mountain View (Chatham, Virginia)
Mountain View (Chatham, Virginia) is located in the United States
Mountain View (Chatham, Virginia)
Location2 mi. S of Chatham on VA 703, near Chatham, Virginia
Coordinates36°47′00″N 79°24′13″W / 36.78333°N 79.40361°W / 36.78333; -79.40361
Area44 acres (18 ha)
Builtc. 1840 (1840)-1842
Built byDejarnett, James
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.79003066[1]
VLR No.071-0025
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 10, 1979
Designated VLRJune 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

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ 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