Westview (Brookneal, Virginia)

Westview
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	1672 Terrell Rd., near Brookneal, Virginia
Coordinates	37°1′37″N78°51′53″W / 37.02694°N 78.86472°W / 37.02694; -78.86472
Area	82.3 acres (33.3 ha)
Built	1832 (1832)
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	00000067 [1]
VLR No.	019-5169
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	February 4, 2000
Designated VLR	December 1, 1999 [2]

Westview, also known as the Elam Homestead and Terrell Place, is a historic plantation house and farm located in Charlotte County, Virginia; the nearest community is Brookneal, which is in Campbell County. It was built in 1832, and is a two-story, three-bay, single pile, brick dwelling in the Federal style. It has two later frame additions. Also on the property are three contributing log slave cabins, a frame milk house, log smokehouse, log schoolhouse, log shed, two barns, a stable / hay barn, ice pit, a family cemetery, and a slave cemetery. ^[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. Kathy Lee Erlandson Liston (September 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Westview" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. and Accompanying photos