Persinger House is a historic home located at Covington, Alleghany County, Virginia. The original section was built about 1757, and enlarged in 1888. It is a two-story, six-bay, single-pile log-and-frame house with weatherboard siding and a gable roof. A 20th-century kitchen is connected to the house by a hyphen. It features a two-story, porch supported by chamfered posts, simple cut-out friezes, and a Chinese lattice railing. Also on the property is a contributing late 19th-century barn.[3]
Persinger House | |
 Distant view from the southeast | |
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| Location | Llama Lane, southwest of Covington, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°43′4″N 80°3′34″W / 37.71778°N 80.05944°W |
| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Built | c. 1757, 1888 |
| NRHP reference No. | 82004668[1] |
| VLR No. | 003-0018 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | July 8, 1982 |
| Designated VLR | January 20, 1981[2] |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[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. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
- ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (December 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Persinger House" (PDF). and Accompanying photo