{"nrhp_refnum":"00000067","name":"Westview","other_names":["Elam Homestead, Terrell place","19-5169"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1672 Terrell Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brocknel","county":"Charlotte County","state":"VA","lat":37.02626866850005,"lon":-78.86673971926868,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-02-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Westview is a plantation complex at 1672 Terrell Road near Brocknel, Charlotte County, Virginia, centered on a two-story brick Federal-style house built in 1832 with two later frame additions, plus ten contributing outbuildings and three contributing sites on 82 acres.","why_significant":"The nomination argues Westview is a rare surviving brick dwelling of the transitional Late Federal/Early Greek Revival period in Charlotte County. Preserved largely by neglect, the house retains nearly all of its original fabric, and its outbuildings and cemeteries show life on a 19th-century working plantation. It was also run by women, chiefly Martha J. Elam, from 1847 to 1873.","narrative":"Westview is a mid-size plantation complex on an 82-acre wooded plateau near Brocknel, Charlotte County, Virginia. Its main house, built in 1832, is a center-hall, single-pile, two-story brick block in the late Federal style, with Flemish bond on the front wall and two later board-and-batten additions. Inside, the plan, heart pine floors, original plaster, woodwork and most hardware survive, a result of what the form calls preservation by neglect. Around the house stand ten historic outbuildings, mostly log, including slave cabins, a schoolhouse, a smokehouse, tobacco barns and a stable. An ice pit and separate family and slave cemeteries add to the group. Such complexes rarely survive intact, and this one shows how a middle-class Virginia farm was arranged in the 19th century. The property is also notable because women ran it for much of its working life, notably Martha J. Elam from her husband's death in 1847 until 1873. It was listed for its architectural significance.","period_of_significance":"1832-1916","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Republic/Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Currently a single dwelling in use; renovations began in 1998 after long periods of intermittent occupancy. Several outbuildings are in varying states of disrepair.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.494297-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/47/6800/41680047/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/00000067.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000067/fa3e9d8797-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000067/fa3e9d8797-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Westview_fences_and_gate.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Westview_fences_and_gate.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680047","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westview_(Brookneal,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713519"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/charlotte-county/westview-00000067/"}