Aurora, also known as the Pink House, Boxwood, and the Penn Homestead, is a historic home located at Penn's Store near Spencer, Patrick County, Virginia. It was built between 1853 and 1856, and is a two-story, three-bay, hipped-roof frame house in the Italian Villa style. It features one-story porches on the east and west facades, round-arched windows, clustered chimneys, and low pitched roofs. Also on the property is a contributing small one-story frame building once used as an office. It was built by Thomas Jefferson Penn (1810-1888), whose son, Frank Reid Penn founded the company F.R & G. Penn Co. that was eventually acquired by tobacco magnate James Duke to form the American Tobacco Company.[3]
Aurora | |
 Aurora, May 2010 | |
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| Location | VA 629 S of jct. with US 58, near Spencer, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 36°36′3″N 80°3′11″W / 36.60083°N 80.05306°W |
| Area | 5.6 acres (2.3 ha) |
| Built | 1853-1856 |
| Architectural style | Italianate, Italian Villa |
| NRHP reference No. | 91000015[1] |
| VLR No. | 070-0011 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | February 4, 1991 |
| Designated VLR | August 21, 1990[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ J. Daniel Pezzoni (November 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Aurora" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo