Mountain View Farm (Lexington, Virginia)

Mountain View Farm
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	199 Fredericksburg Rd., Lexington, Virginia
Coordinates	37°51′51″N79°28′59″W / 37.86417°N 79.48306°W / 37.86417; -79.48306
Area	133 acres (54 ha)
Built	1854 (1854)
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	99001723 [1]
VLR No.	081-0171
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	January 27, 2000
Designated VLR	September 15, 1999 [2]

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]

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 June 5, 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