Plain Dealing (Keene, Virginia)
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]
Plain Dealing, by Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1933. Original frame house built for John Biswell in 1761 and enlarged in 1789
Plain Dealing | |
 Plain Dealing, Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, 1933 | |
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| Location | East of Keene, near Keene, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°51′38″N 78°31′54″W |
| Area | 11.5 acres (4.7 ha) |
| Built | c. 1787 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 80004165[1] |
| VLR No. | 002-0065 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 6, 1980 |
| Designated VLR | May 17, 1977[2] |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
- 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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