Aventine Hall

	Aventine Hall
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Virginia Landmarks Register
	Aventine Hall in May, 2016
Location	143 S. Court St., Luray, Virginia
Coordinates	38°39′49″N 78°27′53″W / 38.66361°N 78.46472°W
Area	0 acres (0 ha)
Built	1852
Architect	Borst, Peter Bouck
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	70000820
VLR No.	159-0001
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	February 26, 1970
Designated VLR	December 2, 1969

Aventine Hall is a historic home located at Luray, Page County, Virginia. It was built in 1852 by Peter Bouck Borst, and is a two-story, Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It is topped by a hipped roof with cupola and has four interior end chimneys. The facade features a tetrastyle portico, which runs almost the complete length of the facade. The portico is in the Corinthian order based on the Tower of the Winds in Athens. It has corner pilasters in the Tower of the Winds mode and a frieze and cornice that continue around the entire, almost square structure. Aventine Hall served as the main building of Luray College which operated from 1925 to 1927. It was moved to its present location in 1937.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.^[1]

References

^ ^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. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (September 1969). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Aventine Hall" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2013-09-02. and Accompanying photo

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[register-2] "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.

[vaNRHPnom-3] Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (September 1969). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Aventine Hall" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2013-09-02. and Accompanying photo

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