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Aurora (Spencer, Virginia)

Coordinates: 36°36′3″N 80°3′11″W / 36.60083°N 80.05306°W / 36.60083; -80.05306
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Aurora
Aurora, May 2010
Aurora (Spencer, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Aurora (Spencer, Virginia)
Aurora (Spencer, Virginia) is located in the United States
Aurora (Spencer, Virginia)
LocationVA 629 S of jct. with US 58, near Spencer, Virginia
Coordinates36°36′3″N 80°3′11″W / 36.60083°N 80.05306°W / 36.60083; -80.05306
Area5.6 acres (2.3 ha)
Built1853 (1853)-1856
Architectural styleItalianate, Italian Villa
NRHP reference No.91000015[1]
VLR No.070-0011
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 4, 1991
Designated VLRAugust 21, 1990[2]

Aurora, also known as the Pink House, Boxwood, and the Penn Homestead, is a historic home located at Penn's Store near Spencer, Patrick County, Virginia. It was built between 1853 and 1856, and is a two-story, three-bay, hipped-roof frame house in the Italian Villa style. It features one-story porches on the east and west facades, round-arched windows, clustered chimneys, and low pitched roofs. Also on the property is a contributing small one-story frame building once used as an office. It was built by Thomas Jefferson Penn (1810-1888), whose son, Frank Reid Penn founded the company F.R & G. Penn Co. that was eventually acquired by tobacco magnate James Duke to form the American Tobacco Company.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ J. Daniel Pezzoni (November 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Aurora" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo