Bon Air (Elkton, Virginia)

	Bon Air
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Virginia Landmarks Register
	Front and western side
Location	2477 Bear Lithia Rd., near Elkton, Virginia
Coordinates	38°26′10″N 78°37′8″W / 38.43611°N 78.61889°W
Area	0.8 acres (0.32 ha)
Built	c. 1870
Architectural style	Italianate, Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	07000399
VLR No.	082-5157
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	May 2, 2007
Designated VLR	March 7, 2007

Bon Air, also known as the Adam and Susan Bear House and Bear Lithia, is a historic home located near Elkton, Rockingham County, Virginia. It was built about 1870, and is a two-story, central-passage plan brick dwelling with Italianate and Greek Revival style decorative details. It has a metal-sheathed, hip-and-deck roof, a rear two story ell, front and back porches, and two one-story bay windows on the front facade. Also on the property is a contributing two-level meat house/storage building. The house stands next to Bear Lithia Springs, a boldly flowing water source acquired by the Bear family during the colonial period and commercially exploited in the late-19th and early-20th centuries.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
^ J. Daniel Pezzoni (December 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bon Air" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying six photo

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[register-2] "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.

[VAnom-3] J. Daniel Pezzoni (December 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bon Air" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying six photo

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