Locust Level

Locust Level
Location US 460 W of jct. with VA 695, Montvale, Virginia
Coordinates 37°23′07″N 79°44′18″W / 37.38528°N 79.73833°W / 37.38528; -79.73833Coordinates: 37°23′07″N 79°44′18″W / 37.38528°N 79.73833°W / 37.38528; -79.73833
Area 8.1 acres (3.3 ha)
Built c. 1824 (1824)
Architectural style Greek Revival, Federal
NRHP Reference # 90001841[1]
VLR # 009-0018
Significant dates
Added to NRHP December 21, 1990
Designated VLR August 21, 1990[2]

Locust Level is a historic home and farm located at Montvale, Bedford County, Virginia. It was built about 1824, and is a two-story, brick, central-passage-plan I-house with fine exterior and interior Federal-style detailing. It has a standing seam metal roof. Attached to the rear is a two-story mortise-and-tenon frame wing known variously as the Hall or the Dance Hall. Also on the property are a contributing kitchen and dining room building, a free-standing chimney, a meat house, spring house, family cemetery, and three mounting blocks.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[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. John Kern and Daniel Pezzoni (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Locust Level" (PDF). and Accompanying photo


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