Western View is a historic home located near Fork Union,

Fluvanna County, Virginia Fluvanna County is a county located in the Piedmont region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,249. Its county seat is Palmyra, while the most populous community is the census designa ...

. The original frame section was built about 1790, and expanded with a brick addition in 1824. The original section is a -story, two-bay, rectangular frame structure with a

slate Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous, metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade, regional metamorphism. It is the finest-grained foliated metamorphic ro ...

covered gable roof. The brick addition is a one-over-one wing with

Greek Revival Greek Revival architecture is a architectural style, style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, ...

attributes. Also on the property are the contributing site of the outdoor kitchen with extant chimney, and the Henley/Johnson family cemetery. an
''Accompanying two photos''
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in 2002.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Greek Revival houses in Virginia Houses completed in 1824 Houses in Fluvanna County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Fluvanna County, Virginia {{FluvannaCountyVA-NRHP-stub