Joshua Wilton House

Joshua Wilton House

Joshua Wilton House, September 2013
Location 412 S. Main St., Harrisonburg, Virginia
Coordinates 38°26′42″N 78°52′11″W / 38.44500°N 78.86972°W / 38.44500; -78.86972Coordinates: 38°26′42″N 78°52′11″W / 38.44500°N 78.86972°W / 38.44500; -78.86972
Area less than one acre
Built 1890 (1890)
Architectural style Late Victorian
NRHP Reference # 79003281[1]
VLR # 115-0020
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 24, 1979
Designated VLR October 17, 1978[2]

Joshua Wilton House, also known as the Shank House and Tau Kappa Epsilon House, is a historic home located at Harrisonburg, Virginia. It was built in 1890, and is a 2 1/2-story, central plan, brick eclectic Late Victorian dwelling. It has two projecting gabled pavilions and a three-story octagonal turret covered by a pointed roof. The house features elaborate wooden trim and brackets, and a fancy bargeboard decorates the eaves course of the gable roof.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. ↑ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (October 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Joshua Wilton House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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