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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