Westview, also known as the Elam Homestead and Terrell Place, is a historic

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and farm located in

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; the nearest community is Brookneal, which is in Campbell County. It was built in 1832, and is a two-story, three-bay, single pile, brick dwelling in the

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style. It has two later frame additions. Also on the property are three contributing log slave cabins, a frame milk house, log

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, log schoolhouse, log shed, two barns, a stable / hay barn, ice pit, a family cemetery, and a slave cemetery. an
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in 2000.

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Plantation houses in Virginia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Federal architecture in Virginia Houses completed in 1832 Houses in Charlotte County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Charlotte County, Virginia Slave cabins and quarters in the United States {{CharlotteCountyVA-NRHP-stub