Westview (Brookneal, Virginia)

Westview
Location 1672 Terrell Rd., near Brookneal, Virginia
Coordinates 37°1′37″N 78°51′53″W / 37.02694°N 78.86472°W / 37.02694; -78.86472Coordinates: 37°1′37″N 78°51′53″W / 37.02694°N 78.86472°W / 37.02694; -78.86472
Area 82.3 acres (33.3 ha)
Built 1832 (1832)
Architectural style Federal
NRHP Reference # 00000067[1]
VLR # 019-5169
Significant dates
Added to NRHP February 4, 2000
Designated VLR December 1, 1999[2]

Westview, also known as the Elam Homestead and Terrell Place, is a historic plantation house and farm located near Brookneal, Charlotte County, Virginia. It was built in 1832, and is a two-story, three bay, single pile, brick dwelling in the Federal style. It has two later frame additions. Also on the property are three contributing log slave cabins, a frame milk house, log smokehouse, log schoolhouse, log shed, two barns, a stable / hay barn, ice pit, a family cemetery, and a slave cemetery.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[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 5 June 2013.
  3. Kathy Lee Erlandson Liston (September 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Westview" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. and Accompanying photos


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