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Ruffner House

Coordinates: 38°40′14″N 78°27′18″W / 38.67056°N 78.45500°W / 38.67056; -78.45500
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Ruffner House
Ruffner House is located in Virginia
Ruffner House
Ruffner House is located in the United States
Ruffner House
Location440 Ruffner House Ln., Luray, Virginia
Coordinates38°40′14″N 78°27′18″W / 38.67056°N 78.45500°W / 38.67056; -78.45500
Area21.3 acres (8.6 ha)
Builtc. 1825 (1825), c. 1851, c. 1920s
Architectural styleFederal, Greek Revival, et al.
NRHP reference No.01001515[1]
VLR No.159-5025
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 24, 2002
Designated VLRJune 13, 2001[2]

The Ruffner House, also known as Luray Tannery Farm, is a historic home and farm complex located at Luray, Page County, Virginia. It was built in two phases, about 1825 and about 1851. It is a two-story, Federal / Greek Revival style brick dwelling with a hipped with deck roof, a stone foundation, and one-story porches on the two fronts. The house was remodeled in the 1920s. Also on the property are the contributing rambling two-story frame residence known as The Cottage; a stone spring house with attached brick pumphouse that served an adjacent tannery; schoolhouse and shop; root cellar; secondary barn; dairy; machinery shed; chicken house; a swimming pool; an 1890s bank barn, and the small Ruffner Cemetery.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[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. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ J. Daniel Pezzoni (March 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Ruffner House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo