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John Miley Maphis House

Coordinates: 38°50′20″N 78°35′55″W / 38.83889°N 78.59861°W / 38.83889; -78.59861
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John Miley Maphis House
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John Miley Maphis House is located in Virginia
John Miley Maphis House
John Miley Maphis House is located in the United States
John Miley Maphis House
Location56 Bell's Ln., near Edinburg, Virginia
Coordinates38°50′20″N 78°35′55″W / 38.83889°N 78.59861°W / 38.83889; -78.59861
Area9.817 acres (3.973 ha)
Builtc. 1856 (1856)
Built byMaphis, John Miley
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Italianate
NRHP reference No.11000840[1]
VLR No.085-5181
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 22, 2011
Designated VLRSeptember 22, 2011[2]

The John Miley Maphis House is a historic home located near Edinburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia. It was built in 1856, and is a frame, two-story, gable-roofed, L-shaped, vernacular Italianate style dwelling. The interior features unusual, boldly scaled, grain painted, late-Greek Revival interior woodwork. Also on the property are the contributing frame bank barn with forebay (c. 1870), a one-story frame wash house with gable roof and forebay (c. 1900), and a shed roofed, frame chicken house with horizontal- and vertical-board siding (c. 1920).[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/05/11 through 12/09/11. National Park Service. 2011-12-16.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. ^ James C. Massey and Shirley Maxwell (June 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: John Miley Maphis House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying five photos