Mountain View Farm (Lexington, Virginia)
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Mountain View Farm, also known as Pioneer Farms, is a historic home and farm complex located near Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia. The main house was built in 1854, and is a two-story, three-bay, brick dwelling, with a -story gabled kitchen and servant's wing, and one-story front and back porches. It features a Greek Revival style interior and has a standing seam metal hipped roof. The property includes an additional 13 contributing buildings and 3 contributing structures loosely grouped into a domestic complex and two agricultural complexes. They include a two-story, frame spring house / wash house, a frame meathouse, a one-room brick building that probably served as a secondary dwelling, a double-crib log barn, a large multi-use frame barn, a slatted
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Greek Revival houses in Virginia Houses completed in 1854 Houses in Rockbridge County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Rockbridge County, Virginia 1854 establishments in Virginia {{RockbridgeCountyVA-NRHP-stub