Bellevue is a historic home located near Goode,

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. The main house was built in three phases between about 1824 and 1870. It is a two-story, five-bay, brick dwelling in the Federal style. It has a central hall plan, hipped roof, and two frame wings. Also on the property are a contributing school dormitory building known as Inkstand, as well as three dependencies, a garden, and a family

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. After the

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, the house was altered to function as a high school for boys established by

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(1820–1873). It functioned into the late-19th century. an
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It was listed on the

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in 1990. It is located in the

Bellevue Rural Historic District Bellevue Rural Historic District is a national historic district located near Forest, Bedford County, Virginia. It encompasses seven contributing buildings, five contributing sites, and one contributing structure. They are associated with the ...

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