Belleview (Ridgeway, Virginia) Explained

Belleview
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:May 21, 1974[1]
Designated Other1 Number:044-0002
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:S of VA 641, Ridgeway, Virginia
Coordinates:36.6064°N -79.8878°W
Added:June 10, 1974
Refnum:74002129

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.[2]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm. 2013-09-21. dead.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Belleview. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff . April 1974. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo