Mountain View Farm (Clifford, Virginia)

Mountain View Farm, also known as Spencer Plantation and Mountain View Farm at Rebec Vineyards, is a historic home and farm located near Clifford, Amherst County, Virginia. The property includes an 18th-century mansion, built about 1777, a 19th-century cottage and five other supporting buildings. The main house is a standard timber frame, two-story, three bay, I-house with a rear ell addition. It is sheathed in weatherboard with end chimneys. It was moved to its present site in 1831. The cottage is a one-room building with a lean-to shed addition. It was originally used as a doctor's office by Dr. Paul Carrington Cabell, and probably dates to the 1830s or 40s. Also on the property are the contributing well house, a playhouse (originally a chicken coop), a smokehouse, an ice house, carriage house, and a chicken coop.[3] The property has been home to Rebec Vineyards since 1987.

Mountain View Farm
Farmhouse, seen through the trees
LocationJunction of County Route 3 and US 29 (2229 North Amherst Hwy.), near Clifford, Virginia
Coordinates37°38′32″N 78°59′10″W
Area65.3 acres (26.4 ha)
Builtc. 1777 (1777), 1831
Built byCol. Hugh Rose, Paul Carrington Cabell
Architectural styleColonial, Georgian
NRHP reference No.96001453[1]
VLR No.005-0011
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 3, 1997
Designated VLRSeptember 19, 1996[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]

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