Bellevue (Goode, Virginia)
Bellevue is a historic home located near Goode, Bedford County, Virginia. 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 cemetery. After the American Civil War, the house was altered to function as a high school for boys established by James Philemon Holcombe (1820–1873). It functioned into the late-19th century.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It is located in the Bellevue Rural Historic District.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
- ^ John Salmon and Julie Vosmik (July 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bellevue" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-26. Retrieved 2013-06-03. and Accompanying photo Archived 2012-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
