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- Valley View es una residencia y granja de estilo neogriego de mediados del siglo XIX con vista al sur del ramal meridional del río Potomac al noroeste de Romney, en el estado de Virginia Occidental (Estados Unidos). La casa está en lo alto de un promontorio donde Depot Valley se une al valle de esa zona fluvial. La propiedad de Valley View formaba parte de South Branch Survey of the Northern Neck Proprietary, un gran terreno que fue heredado por Thomas Fairfax, sexto lord Fairfax de Cameron, en 1719. John Collins y su familia lo colonizaron en 1749, y los Parsons lo adquirieron antes de 1772. Posteriormente, en 1855 James Parsons Jr. construyó la casa de Valley View. Después de la Guerra Civil, la viuda de Parsons vendió la granja a Charles Harmison. Su esposa, Elizabeth Harmison, inspirada en Western View —la casa de su infancia en Virginia— y las vistas panorámicas del río Potomac, llamó a la granja Valley View. En 1979 la familia Mayhew compró la propiedad; durante 2021 Robert y Kim Mayhew restauraron la residencia histórica y los terrenos. La casa en Valley View es una estructura de ladrillo de dos pisos de planta rectangular. La entrada principal está cubierta por un pequeño pórtico compuesto por columnas dóricas de madera que sostienen un frontón. Un porche del mismo material de dos pisos atraviesa la parte trasera, que mira hacia el valle del río Potomac y la montaña Mill Creek. Cada una de las ocho grandes salas originales contiene una chimenea enmarcada por una repisa de madera con elementos clásicos. Las ventanas originales, los adornos de fuste y los materiales de la sección principal de la casa están intactos. El Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos incluyó a la construcción en 2012 como un ejemplo localmente significativo de la arquitectura neogriega. (es)
- Valley View is a mid-19th-century Greek Revival residence and farm overlooking the South Branch Potomac River northwest of Romney, West Virginia. The house is atop a promontory where Depot Valley joins the South Branch Potomac River valley. The Valley View property was part of the South Branch Survey of the Northern Neck Proprietary, a large tract that was inherited by Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, in 1719. It was settled by John Collins and his family in 1749, and acquired by the Parsons family before 1772. The Valley View house was built by James Parsons Jr. in 1855. After the Civil War, Parsons' widow sold the farm to Charles Harmison. His wife, Elizabeth Harmison, inspired by her childhood Virginia home, Western View, and the scenic South Branch Potomac River views, named the farm Valley View. The most recent of a series of owners, the Mayhew family, bought the property in 1979. Valley View's current proprietors, Robert and Kim Mayhew, have restored the historic residence and grounds. The house at Valley View is a two-story brick structure with a rectangular architectural plan. The front entrance is covered by a small portico, topped with a pediment supported by wooden Doric columns. The rear of the house, with a two-story wood porch stretching across it, faces the South Branch Potomac River valley and Mill Creek Mountain. Each of the original eight large rooms of the 1855 structure contains a fireplace framed by a wooden mantelpiece with classical elements. The original windows, wooden trim, and materials in the main section of the house are intact. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012 as a locally significant example of Greek Revival architecture. (en)
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