Belleview (Ridgeway, Virginia)

Coordinates: 36°36′23″N 79°53′16″W / 36.60639°N 79.88778°W / 36.60639; -79.88778
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Belleview
Belleview Historic Marker, April 2010
Belleview (Ridgeway, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Belleview (Ridgeway, Virginia)
Belleview (Ridgeway, Virginia) is located in the United States
Belleview (Ridgeway, Virginia)
LocationS of VA 641, Ridgeway, Virginia
Coordinates36°36′23″N 79°53′16″W / 36.60639°N 79.88778°W / 36.60639; -79.88778
Area40 acres (16 ha)
Built1783 (1783)
NRHP reference No.74002129[1]
VLR No.044-0002
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 10, 1974
Designated VLRMay 21, 1974[2]

Belleview is a historic plantation house located near Ridgeway, Henry County, Virginia. It was built about 1783, and is a two-story, five-bay, frame dwelling with a gable roof. It has an original two-story ell and a sun porch and one-story wing added in the mid-1950s. The front facade features a two-tier portico supported by slender Greek Ionic order columns.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

Last reunion of the descendants of Major John Redd, June 1931, Belleview Plantation, Henry County, Virginia

References[edit]

  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. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff (April 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Belleview" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo