Monte Vista (Middletown, Virginia) Explained

Monte Vista
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:April 21, 1987[1]
Designated Other1 Number:034-0014
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:8100 US 11, near Middletown, Virginia
Coordinates:39.02°N -78.2894°W
Architecture:Stick/eastlake, Queen Anne
Added:November 16, 1987
Refnum:87002018

Monte Vista, also known as Cedar Grove Farm and Heater House, is a historic home located near Middletown, Frederick County, Virginia. It was built in 1883, and is a large three-story, five-bay, brick dwelling with Eastlake and Queen Anne design elements. The front facade features a two-story portico with four full-height Tuscan columns, added about 1942. Also on the property are the contributing large bank barn with cupola and weathervane, a scale house dating at least to 1907, a frame summer kitchen, a two level stone ice house, a smokehouse, and a brick bake oven. It was owned by Solomon and Caroline Wunder Heater, who lost two sons fighting for the Confederacy, even though she was a staunch Union sympathizer.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Monte Vista. Shirley Maxwell and James C. Massey. January 1987. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo