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Pleasant View (Forest, Virginia)

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Built
  
c. 1840 (1840)

VLR #
  
009-0207

Opened
  
1840

Added to NRHP
  
15 November 2006

NRHP Reference #
  
06001043

Designated VLR
  
September 6, 2006

Area
  
7 ha

Pleasant View (Forest, Virginia)

Location
  
5050 Bellevue Rd., Forest, Virginia

Architectural styles
  
Greek Revival architecture, Neoclassical architecture

Pleasant View is a historic home located near Forest, Bedford County, Virginia. It was built about 1840, and is a two-story, five bay, brick dwelling in the Classical Revival style. It features Greek Revival style decorative details, front doors on both the first and second floors, plastered recessed panels between the floor levels, and a typical side-gable roof with wood cornice. Also on the property are a contributing late-19th century frame smokehouse, the remaining half of a “saddlebag” kitchen/quarters building, and a family cemetery.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

References

Pleasant View (Forest, Virginia) Wikipedia