Keister House

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Keister House
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Keister House, October 2013
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Location607 Giles Rd., Blacksburg, Virginia
Coordinates 37°14′25″N80°25′2″W / 37.24028°N 80.41722°W / 37.24028; -80.41722
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1835 (1835)
MPS Montgomery County MPS
NRHP reference No. 89001880 [1]
VLR No.150-5014
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 13, 1989
Designated VLRJune 20, 1989 [2]

Keister House is a historic home located at Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia. It was built in the 1830s, and is a two-story, four-bay brick two-room-plan house. It has exterior end chimneys and a hipped roof front porch. The property was owned by the Keister Family from 1800 until a 1935 foreclosure. [3]

A family room was added to the rear of the house in 1971. [4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "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. Worsham, Gibson (1988). National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (PDF).
  4. Gibson Worsham (June 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Keister House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo