Bellevue (Batesville, Virginia)

Bellevue
Location South side VA 692, 3,500 feet (1,100 m) west of the junction with VA 637, near Batesville, Virginia
Coordinates 38°00′37″N 78°45′15″W / 38.01028°N 78.75417°W / 38.01028; -78.75417Coordinates: 38°00′37″N 78°45′15″W / 38.01028°N 78.75417°W / 38.01028; -78.75417
Area 145.3 acres (58.8 ha)
Built 1859 (1859), 1913, 1920
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Greek Revival, Italianate
NRHP Reference # 91000886[1]
VLR # 002-0847
Significant dates
Added to NRHP July 9, 1991
Designated VLR April 17, 1991[2]

Bellevue, also known as Wavertree Hall Farm, is a historic home and farm complex located near Batesville, Albemarle County, Virginia. The main house was built in 1859, and is a two-story, hip-roofed brick building with a two-story pedimented portico. It features wide bracketed eaves in the Italianate style and Greek Revival trim and woodwork. There are two 1 1/2 story brick wings on either side of the main block added about 1913, and a two-story brick south wing added in the 1920s. Also on the property are an antebellum log slave house, several tenant houses, a pump house, chicken house, and stable and barns. There is also an unusual underground room built into the north side of one of the garden terraces.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. Geoffrey Henry (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bellevue" (PDF). and Accompanying photo
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