Lackawanna (Front Royal, Virginia)

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Location236 Riverside Drive, Front Royal, Virginia
Coordinates 38°56′44″N78°11′39″W / 38.94556°N 78.19417°W / 38.94556; -78.19417
Area1.75 acres (0.71 ha)
Built1869 (1869)
Architectural styleItalianate
Part of Riverton Historic District (ID2000514)
NRHP reference No. 14000240 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 16, 2014
Designated CPMay 16, 2002

Lackawanna is a historic home at 236 Riverside Road in Front Royal, Warren County, Virginia. The 2+12-story brick house was built in 1869 for Dorastus Cone, a merchant who moved to the area from the Lackawanna River valley in Pennsylvania. The house has well-preserved Italianate features, including bracketed eaves and segmented-arch windows. Distinctive features that survive include top-floor windows whose sashes rise into the attic space, and a period bathroom. [2]

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The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014; [1] it was designated a part of the Riverton Historic District in 2002. [2] It is now operated as a bed and breakfast inn. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 "NRHP nomination for Lackawanna" (PDF). Virginia DHR. Retrieved 2014-05-24.

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