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Kanawha (Luray, Virginia)

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Built
  
1921 (1921)

VLR #
  
159-5030

Opened
  
1921

Architectural style
  
Neoclassical architecture

Added to NRHP
  
5 August 1999

NRHP Reference #
  
99000968

Designated VLR
  
June 16, 1999

Area
  
2 ha

Function
  
House

Architect
  
George R. Ragan

Kanawha (Luray, Virginia)

Location
  
4 Jamison Rd., Luray, Virginia

Kanawha, also known as Tuckahoe, is a historic home located at Luray, Page County, Virginia. It was built in 1921, and is a 2 1/2-story, Classical Revival style brick and tile-block dwelling on a poured-concrete foundation. It has a hipped roof covered with green Spanish tiles. The front facade features a semicircular Corinthian order portico. The house also has an enclosed Doric order rear portico, a porte-cochère, large hipped dormers, and a symmetrical composition. Also on the property are contributing gate pillars (c. 1923), an outbuilding (c. 1920), and weirs (Houn Spring) (c. 1881). The property was developed by Luray businessman and mayor Vernon H. Ford.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

References

Kanawha (Luray, Virginia) Wikipedia