John Grayson House

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John Grayson House
John Grayson House, October 2013
Location 0.5 miles (0.80 km) northeast of VA 613 bridge over Little River, near Graysontown, Virginia
Coordinates 37°2′52″N 80°33′28″W / 37.04778°N 80.55778°W / 37.04778; -80.55778Coordinates: 37°2′52″N 80°33′28″W / 37.04778°N 80.55778°W / 37.04778; -80.55778
Area less than one acre
Built c. 1850 (1850)
Architectural style Single-pile center-passage
Governing body Private
MPS Montgomery County MPS
NRHP Reference # 89001896[1]
VLR # 060-0118
Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 13, 1989
Designated VLR June 20, 1989[2]

John Grayson House is a historic home located near Graysontown, Montgomery County, Virginia. The house was built about 1850, and is a two-story, three-bay, frame dwelling with a single pile central passage plan. It has a two-story ell and a standing seam metal roof. Its front facade features a two-story pedimented porch containing a circular louvered vent in the gable. Also on the property is a tall frame smokehouse with a stone foundation and a pyramidal standing-seam metal roof.[3]

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. 
  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: John Grayson House". Virginia Department of Historic Resources.  and Accompanying photo


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