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+12-story rear wing connected by a two-story hyphen. The two-story main section was built about 1787, and the 1+12-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
Plain Dealing, Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, 1933
LocationEast of Keene, near Keene, Virginia
Coordinates37°51′38″N 78°31′54″W
Area11.5 acres (4.7 ha)
Builtc. 1787 (1787)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.80004165[1]
VLR No.002-0065
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 6, 1980
Designated VLRMay 17, 1977[2]

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

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  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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