Bishop House (Graysontown, Virginia)

Bishop House

Bishop House, October 2013
Location 0.1 miles (0.16 km) north of the junction of VA 693 and 613, near Graysontown, Virginia
Coordinates 37°2′16″N 80°33′19″W / 37.03778°N 80.55528°W / 37.03778; -80.55528Coordinates: 37°2′16″N 80°33′19″W / 37.03778°N 80.55528°W / 37.03778; -80.55528
Area less than one acre
Built c. 1890 (1890)
Architectural style Double-pile center-passage
MPS Montgomery County MPS
NRHP Reference # 89001812[1]
VLR # 060-0107
Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 13, 1989
Designated VLR June 20, 1989[2]

Bishop House is a historic home located near Graysontown, Montgomery County, Virginia. The house was built about 1890, and is a one- to two-story, three-bay, brick dwelling with a double pile central passage plan. It has a standing seam metal gable roof. Its front porch features turned posts and a baluster bracketed spindle frieze with drop pendants, and a pointed window in the steep pedimented gable.[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: Bishop House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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