Beatie, A.C., House

249 W. Lee Hwy., Chilhowie, Virginia. County/parish: Smyth.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 05, 2001. NRIS 01000697.

1 contributing building. 1 contributing site. 7 contributing structures.

From Wikipedia:

A.C. Beatie House

A.C. Beatie House is a historic home located near Chilhowie, Smyth County, Virginia. It was built in 1891, and is a two-story, frame Queen Anne style dwelling. It features a cornice with molded gable returns and scroll-sawn profile brackets, a polygonal front bay, and a one-story, three-bay porch with intricately scroll-sawn columns, cornice brackets, and balustrade. Also on the property are the contributing poured concrete dairy, a frame smokehouse constructed above an underground root cellar, a frame shed used to store coal and wood, a shed-roofed chicken coop, a frame garden house / garage, a garage, and a frame machinery shed. Also located on the property are the ruins of Town House, composed of three stone chimneys and brick wall remnants of a summer kitchen.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683687

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