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Buena Vista
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Buena Vista in 2014
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Location	Penmar Ave. and 9th St., Roanoke, Virginia
Coordinates	37°15′50″N 79°55′28″W / 37.26389°N 79.92444°W / 37.26389; -79.92444
Area	20 acres (8.1 ha)
Built	c. 1840 (1840)
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	74002244
VLR No.	128-0001
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	July 30, 1974
Designated VLR	January 15, 1974

Buena Vista is a historic plantation house located in Roanoke, Virginia. It was built about 1840, and is a two-story, brick Greek Revival style dwelling with a shallow hipped roof and two-story, three-bay wing. The front facade features a massive two-story diastyle Greek Doric order portico. Buena Vista was built for George Plater Tayloe and his wife, Mary (Langhorne) Tayloe. George was the son of John Tayloe III and Anne Ogle Tayloe of the noted plantation Mount Airy in Richmond County and who built The Octagon House in Washington D.C. The property was acquired by the City of Roanoke in 1937, and was used as a city park and recreation center.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

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. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (January 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Buena Vista" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo

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