Bellevue
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Seen through the trees
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Location | Bellevue Rd., 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Goode, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°21′51″N 79°22′09″W / 37.36417°N 79.36917°WCoordinates: 37°21′51″N 79°22′09″W / 37.36417°N 79.36917°W |
Area | 24 acres (9.7 ha) |
Built | c. 1824 | -1870
Architectural style | Federal |
NRHP Reference # | 89001917 |
VLR # | 009-0003 |
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Added to NRHP | December 19, 1990 |
Designated VLR | August 15, 1989 |
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.