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Erin (Front Royal, Virginia)

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Built
  
1848 (1848)

VLR #
  
093-0003

Opened
  
1848

Added to NRHP
  
28 December 1979

NRHP Reference #
  
79003093

Designated CP
  
November 17, 2015

Area
  
15 ha

Erin (Front Royal, Virginia)

Location
  
NE of Front Royal on U.S. 340/522, near Front Royal, Virginia

Part of
  
Rockland Rural Historic District (#15000809)

Architectural style
  
Greek Revival architecture

Erin is a historic home located near Front Royal, Warren County, Virginia. It was built in 1848, and is a three part Palladian plan dwelling with a two-story central section and 1 1/2-story flanking wings. The front facade features a two-story tetrastyle pedimented portico in the Greek Ionic order. The frame dwelling has impressive Greek Revival detailing on both its exterior and interior. Also on the property are the contributing kitchen, law office, dairy, meat smokehouse, chicken house, and granary.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and was listed again as part of the Rockland Rural Historic District in 2015.

References

Erin (Front Royal, Virginia) Wikipedia