Monte Vista, also known as Cedar Grove Farm and Heater House, is a historic home located near Middletown,
Frederick County, Virginia
Frederick County is located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 91,419. Its county seat is Winchester. The county was formed in 1743 by the splitting of Orange County. It is Virginia's nor ...
. It was built in 1883, and is a large three-story, five-bay, brick dwelling with Eastlake and Queen Anne design elements. The front facade features a two-story
portico
A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cu ...
with four full-height Tuscan columns, added about 1942. Also on the property are the contributing large
bank barn
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with
cupola
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The word derives, via Ital ...
and weathervane, a scale house dating at least to 1907, a frame summer kitchen, a two level stone ice house, a
smokehouse
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It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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