Plain Dealing (Keene, Virginia)

Plain Dealing

Plain Dealing, Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, 1933
Location East of Keene, near Keene, Virginia
Coordinates 37°51′38″N 78°31′54″W / 37.86056°N 78.53167°W / 37.86056; -78.53167Coordinates: 37°51′38″N 78°31′54″W / 37.86056°N 78.53167°W / 37.86056; -78.53167
Area 11.5 acres (4.7 ha)
Built c. 1787 (1787)
Architectural style Federal
NRHP Reference # 80004165[1]
VLR # 002-0065
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 6, 1980
Designated VLR May 17, 1977[2]

Plain Dealing is a historic home located near Keene, Albemarle County, Virginia. It is an "H"-shaped dwelling, consisting of a two-story main block and a parallel 1 1/2-story rear wing connected by a two-story hyphen. The two-story main section was built about 1787, and the 1 1/2-story wing may predate it. The front facade is five bays wide, and features an original tetrastyle porch supported on Doric order piers.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (May 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Plain Dealing" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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