Mountain View Farm (Clifford, Virginia)

Mountain View Farm, also known as Spencer Plantation and Mountain View Farm at Rebec Vineyards, is a historic home and farm located near Clifford, Amherst County, Virginia. The property includes an 18th-century mansion, built about 1777, a 19th-century cottage and five other supporting buildings. The main house is a standard timber frame, two-story, three-bay, I-house with a rear ell addition. It is sheathed in weatherboard with end chimneys. It was moved to its present site in 1831. The cottage is a one-room building with a lean-to shed addition. It was originally used as a doctor's office by Dr. Paul Carrington Cabell, and probably dates to the 1830s or 40s. Also on the property are the contributing well house, a playhouse (originally a chicken coop), a smokehouse, an ice house, carriage house, and a chicken coop.[3] The property has been home to Rebec Vineyards since 1987.

Mountain View Farm
Farmhouse, seen through the trees
Mountain View Farm (Clifford, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Mountain View Farm (Clifford, Virginia)
Mountain View Farm (Clifford, Virginia) is located in the United States
Mountain View Farm (Clifford, Virginia)
LocationJunction of County Route 3 and US 29 (2229 North Amherst Hwy.), near Clifford, Virginia
Coordinates37°38′32″N 78°59′10″W / 37.64222°N 78.98611°W / 37.64222; -78.98611
Area65.3 acres (26.4 ha)
Builtc. 1777 (1777), 1831
Built byCol. Hugh Rose, Paul Carrington Cabell
Architectural styleColonial, Georgian
NRHP reference No.96001453[1]
VLR No.005-0011
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 3, 1997
Designated VLRSeptember 19, 1996[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. ^ Paul Hardin Kapp (July 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mountain View Farm" (PDF). and Accompanying photo
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