Dr. Virgil Cox House is a historic home located at Galax, Virginia, owned by Virgil J. Cox. It was built about 1913, and is a large 2+1⁄2-story frame dwelling with Queen Anne and Colonial Revival style design elements. It has a complex exterior presentation, complex roof plan, and an equally complex floor plan. The house is sheathed in German siding and features irregular, front-gable projections on the facade and north side; a projection with a polygonal bay on the southwest corner, a gable-roof dormer on the facade; and a small, upper balcony on the facade with attenuated Tuscan columns and pilasters. Also on the property are a contributing boxwood garden and outbuilding.[3]
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| Location | 406 West Stuart Dr., Galax, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 36°39′43″N 80°55′49″W / 36.66194°N 80.93028°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | c. 1913 |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne, Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 04000476[1] |
| VLR No. | 113-5034 |
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| Added to NRHP | May 19, 2004 |
| Designated VLR | March 17, 2004[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[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 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Sherry Joines Wyatt (October 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Dr. Virgil Cox House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos