Mountain View Farm, also known as Spencer Plantation and Mountain View Farm at Rebec Vineyards, is a historic home and farm located near Clifford, Amherst County, Virginia. The property includes an 18th-century mansion, built about 1777, a 19th-century cottage and five other supporting buildings. The main house is a standard timber frame, two-story, three-bay, I-house with a rear ell addition. It is sheathed in weatherboard with end chimneys. It was moved to its present site in 1831. The cottage is a one-room building with a lean-to shed addition. It was originally used as a doctor's office by Dr. Paul Carrington Cabell, and probably dates to the 1830s or 40s. Also on the property are the contributing well house, a playhouse (originally a chicken coop), a smokehouse, an ice house, carriage house, and a chicken coop.[3] The property has been home to Rebec Vineyards since 1987.
Mountain View Farm | |
 Farmhouse, seen through the trees | |
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| Location | Junction of County Route 3 and US 29 (2229 North Amherst Hwy.), near Clifford, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°38′32″N 78°59′10″W / 37.64222°N 78.98611°W |
| Area | 65.3 acres (26.4 ha) |
| Built | c. 1777, 1831 |
| Built by | Col. Hugh Rose, Paul Carrington Cabell |
| Architectural style | Colonial, Georgian |
| NRHP reference No. | 96001453[1] |
| VLR No. | 005-0011 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 3, 1997 |
| Designated VLR | September 19, 1996[2] |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
- ^ Paul Hardin Kapp (July 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mountain View Farm" (PDF). and Accompanying photo
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