Built c. 1870 (1870) VLR # 0082-5157 Opened 1870 Floors 2 | NRHP Reference # 07000399 Designated VLR March 7, 2007 Area 3,200 m² Added to NRHP 2 May 2007 | |
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Location 2477 Bear Lithia Rd., near Elkton, Virginia Architectural styles Greek Revival architecture, Italianate architecture | ||
Bon Air, also known as the Adam and Susan Bear House and Bear Lithia, is a historic home located near Elkton, Rockingham County, Virginia. It was built about 1870, and is a two-story, central-passage plan brick dwelling with Italianate and Greek Revival style decorative details. It has a metal-sheathed, hip-and-deck roof, a rear two story ell, front and back porches, and two one-story bay windows on the front facade. Also on the property is a contributing two-level meat house/storage building. The house stands next to Bear Lithia Springs, a boldly flowing water source acquired by the Bear family during the colonial period and commercially exploited in the late-19th and early-20th centuries.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.