Welcome to West Virginia’s most expensive old house listing! I really love this one! Historic Mountain View Farm was built in 1857. It is located on 154 acres in Gerrardstown, West Virginia. The main home features double back porches, hardwood floors, a beautiful library, wainscoting, crown moulding and wide baseboards. Love the basement area with the huge fireplaces. The property includes the Historic Rippey Cabin and an old tenant house. Three bedrooms, three bathrooms and 3,618 square feet. $2,500,000
Contact D’Arcy Amburn with Colony Realty: 540-664-0200
From the Zillow listing:
Historic Mountain View Farm, with beautiful views of Great North mountain, consists of 154 +/- acres with Mill Creek running through the property. Possibilities abound with the property . Majestically situated , the original portion of the brick estate home, built in the early1800’s is in Federal style, while the addition on the front of the home, built in the mid 1800’s is Greek Revival The Property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (NHRB84003470) The property includes historic Rippey cabin and an old tenant house ( no plumbing, well or septic in the old tenant house), both in need of restoration but loaded with character and history. The property has long road frontage on Dominion Road with easy access to I-81 and other major routes and close to Virginia line. There are several other small buildings, one of which is a smoke house. As you move throughout the home, the different periods the home was constructed in are evident. Wood flooring is throughout most of the major areas of the home and there is a back staircase. The attic is floored with an enormous amount of storage space. There are 10 fireplaces in the home, one of which is in the kitchen in the basement level of the home. The brick floors in the basement of the home are said to be original. The land is approximately 2/3 open and 1/3 wooded. The roof is metal standing seam replaced 10+/- years ago, the property is not encumbered by a Farmland Preservation Easement.
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