Black Horse Tavern-Bellvue Hotel and Office explained

Black Horse Tavern-Bellvue Hotel and Office
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:June 13, 2001[1]
Designated Other1 Number:080-5143
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:7223-7229 Old Mountain Rd., Hollins, Virginia
Coordinates:37.3458°N -79.915°W
Built:c., c. 1840, c. 1854
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:January 24, 2002
Refnum:01001521

Black Horse Tavern-Bellvue Hotel and Office is a historic inn and tavern complex located at Hollins, Roanoke County, Virginia. The complex consists of the Black Horse Tavern (c. 1782), the Greek Revival style Bellvue Hotel (also known as Kyle's Hotel) (c. 1854) and the temple-fronted, Greek Revival style brick Office (c. 1840). Other contributing resources on the property include a spring house (c. 1900) and a shed (c. 1930). The Black Horse Tavern is a simple, one story, three-bay log structure. The Bellvue Hotel is a two-story, five-bay, brick structure with a central-passage, double-pile plan. The office is a simple, one-story, one-bay brick structure. It features a wide frieze band and a front portico with a pedimented gable supported by squared Doric order columns. The buildings housed a school for physically and mentally handicapped children and the property became known as Bellevue School during the mid-20Ih century. The school closed in 1976, and the buildings house a single family residence.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

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. 21 September 2013. dead.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Black Horse Tavern-Bellvue Hotel and Office . Alison Blanton . April 2001. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo