Rife House (Shawsville, Virginia)

Rife House

Rife House, October 2013
Location VA 612 at VA 615, Shawsville, Virginia
Coordinates 37°10′38″N 80°14′13″W / 37.17722°N 80.23694°W / 37.17722; -80.23694Coordinates: 37°10′38″N 80°14′13″W / 37.17722°N 80.23694°W / 37.17722; -80.23694
Area 1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built 1905 (1905)
Architectural style Queen Anne
MPS Montgomery County MPS
NRHP Reference # 89001900[1]
VLR # 060-0443
Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 13, 1989
Designated VLR June 20, 1989[2]

Rife House is a historic home located at Shawsville, Montgomery County, Virginia. It was built in 1905, and is a two-story, rectangular Queen Anne style frame dwelling with a flat-topped hipped roof with cast iron ornamental cresting. It features a one-story, curved, wraparound porch with Doric order columns on pedestals and equipped with a turned balustrade. Also on the property is a contributing frame outbuilding.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Gibson Worsham (June 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rife House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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