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New Market Gap is a wind gap in the Massanutten Mountain in Virginia. The 1,804 feet (550 m) gap is located approximately in the middle of the range, dividing it into north and south sections.
USGS GNIS ID: 1485851
The Great Stalacpipe Organ is an electrically actuated lithophone located in Luray Caverns, Virginia, USA. Covering 3.5 acres of the cavern, it is considered the world's largest instrument by Guinness World Records.
FAA airport code: 89VA; USGS GNIS ID: 2675613
Street address: 1599 US 340 Business, Luray, VA 22835 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 34 W. Main Street, Luray, VA 22835 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 33 E. Main Street, Luray, VA 22835 (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.luraysingingtower.com/
Street address: 418 S Third Street, Shenandoah, VA 22849 (from Wikidata)
Fort Egypt, a large log house, is a historic landmark in Page County, Virginia and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places (#79003064).
NRHP reference number: 79003064
Locust Grove, also known as the Old Jacob Brubaker House is a historic house in rural Page County, Virginia. It is located about 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Luray, at 6601 Ida Road (Virginia State Route 269). It is set on the south side of the road, just west of Chub Run. It is a 2+1⁄2-story brick house, with a gable roof, and a single-story side ell. Built about 1830, it is a good local example of Federal period style, retaining original interior floors, woodwork, and fireplace mantels.
Street address: 6601 Ida Road (from Wikidata)
NRHP reference number: 15000879
Abram and Sallie Printz Farm, also known as Mountain View Farm, is a historic home and farm located near Luray, Page County, Virginia, United States. The farmhouse was built about 1872, and is a two-story, frame dwelling with vernacular Greek Revival and Victorian interior design elements. A two-story rear ell was added about 1900. Also on the property are the contributing washhouse, meat house, garage, bank barn, corn crib and wagon shelter, and the foundations of three buildings.
NRHP reference number: 99001006
Shenandoah Land and Improvement Company Office, also known as Stevens Cottage, is a historic office building located at Shenandoah, Page County, Virginia. It was built in 1891, as an office for the Shenandoah Land and Improvement Company. It is a 1+1⁄2-story, Shingle Style cottage with a projecting front gable, a deeply recessed porch, and inset rectangular stucco panels resembling half-timbering.
NRHP reference number: 78003038
Redwell–Isabella Furnace Historic District is a historic iron furnace complex and national historic district located near Luray, Page County, Virginia. The district includes two contributing buildings, three contributing sites, and one contributing structure. The two buildings are the Isabella Furnace Office (c. 1800), a two-story stone building with Georgian interior detail, and the Yager Spring House (c. 1800), a two-story stone dwelling with a large cooking fireplace and a stone and frame addition made in 1965. Both buildings have metal-sheathed gable roofs. The district also includes a cemetery (now devoid of markers), a stone foundation, the furnace bridge mound, and Yager Spring, the power source for the furnace and later mills beginning about 1787.
NRHP reference number: 05000762
WYFT is a Religious formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Luray, Virginia, serving the Shenandoah Valley. WYFT is owned and operated by Bible Broadcasting Network.
USGS GNIS ID: 1502658; website: http://www.bbnradio.org/wcm4/english/Stations/tabid/691/StationID/21/Default.aspx
John Beaver House, also known as the Thomas Shirley House, is a historic home located near Salem, Page County, Virginia. It was built in 1825–1826, and is a two-story, four-bay, single pile brick dwelling. It has two entryways, a three-course molded brick cornice under the eaves of the gable roof, and exterior end chimneys. A two-story, five-bay kitchen/dining room ell was added in the late-19th century.
NRHP reference number: 79003065
Panorama Resort was one of the early resorts that lined what is now Skyline Drive in the Shenandoah National Park (SNP) in the United States, located at Thornton Gap. Like Skyland Resort and Little Switzerland, it was one of many private mountain resorts with nature themes that predated Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway. Once one of Virginia’s best-known resorts, Panorama most recently operated as a restaurant destination in the Shenandoah National Park and was run by Aramark Parks and Resorts, the commercial vendor inside SNP that operated sister resorts Big Meadows and Skyland Resort. It was demolished in 2008.
Stover House, also known as Fort Stover, is a historic home located near Luray, Page County, Virginia. It is dated to the late-18th century, and is a two-story, three-bay, rubble stone structure with a traditional Flurkuchenhaus plan. It has a basement that projects its full height above grade on the river side. Located off the basement is a vaulted room. It is considered among the best preserved and least altered of the important group of 18th-century log and stone German houses of the Massanutten Settlement.
NRHP reference number: 78003189
Wall Brook Farm is a historic home and farm complex located near Luray, Page County, Virginia. The farmhouse was built about 1824, and is a two-story, six-bay, Federal style brick dwelling with a gable roof. It has a center-passage-plan and 1+1⁄2-story frame addition linked to a gambrel-roofed garage. The front facade features a full-facade one-story front porch. Located on the property are the contributing meathouse / wash house (c. 1890), wall and foot bridge, barn (1870s), dairy barn and milkhouse (c. 1950), shed (c. 1950), and the Brubaker Cemetery.
NRHP reference number: 02001375
Welfley–Shuler House is a historic home located near Shenandoah, Page County, Virginia.
NRHP reference number: 99001604
Thornton Gap is a wind gap located in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia separating the Shenandoah Valley from the Piedmont region of the state.
USGS GNIS ID: 1475667
Massanutton Heights is a historic home located near Luray, Page County, Virginia. It was built about 1820, and is a large two-story, four-bay, Federal style brick dwelling with a side gable roof. It has two exterior end chimneys and one interior chimney. The house has a three-room, single pile plan with closed winder stairs in the southwest corners of the two end rooms. A large, two-story frame addition and full width front porch were constructed in 1924 when the building was used as a boarding house. The interior features painted decorations in the first floor parlor.
NRHP reference number: 76002117
Luray Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Luray, Page County, Virginia. The district includes 75 contributing buildings, 1 contributing structure, and 3 contributing objects in the central business district of the town of Luray. They include residential, commercial, governmental, and institutional buildings in a variety of popular 19th and 20th century architectural styles. Notable buildings include the Skyline Building (c. 1925, c. 1950), Luray Motor Company (1935), Luray United Methodist Church (1899-1900), Luray Post Office (1938), Page County Record Building (1912), Bridge Theatre (Dove1 Building), Casey Jones Overall Factory (1922), Mansion Inn, Jordan-McKim Building, Hotel Laurance, and Mimslyn Inn (1930-1931). The contributing objects include the Confederate Monument (1918) and clock. Located in the district are the separately listed Luray Norfolk and Western Passenger Station and Page County Courthouse.
NRHP reference number: 03000438
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.
NRHP reference number: 01001515
WRAA is a Classic Country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Luray, Virginia, serving Luray and Page County, Virginia. WRAA is owned and operated by Baker Family Stations, through licensee Positive Alternative Radio, Inc.
USGS GNIS ID: 1502496
Mauck's Meetinghouse, also known as Mill Creek Church, is a historic Mennonite-Baptist meeting house located at Hamburg, Page County, Virginia. It was built between 1795 and 1800, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, planked-log structure measuring approximately 36 feet by 29 feet. The building was remodeled about 1830, with the addition of weatherboard siding (since removed) and interior balconies. The entrances feature raised six-panel Federal doors and the architrave is a simple one-section molding.
NRHP reference number: 76002116
Strickler–Louderback House is a historic home located near Shenandoah, Page County, Virginia. It was built in 1852, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick dwelling with a two-story rear ell. It has a metal-sheathed gable roof, gable-end chimneys, and a one-story Greek Revival style front porch. The interior features Federal and Greek Revival style decorative detailing. It was renovated in 1989–1993. Also on the property are the contributing L-shaped outbuilding, grape arbor, chicken house, and family cemetery.
NRHP reference number: 00001441
White House Bridge was located west of Luray, Virginia over the South Fork of the Shenandoah River. During the American Civil War, on 2 June 1862, Stonewall Jackson's cavalry chief Turner Ashby burned this bridge to slow down Federal pursuit of their forces. The battles of Cross Keys and Port Republic were fought a week later. Earlier that year, during April union cavalry had stopped Confederate forces from destroying the bridge.
Heiston–Strickler House, also known as the Old Stone House, is a historic home located near Luray, Page County, Virginia. It was built about 1790, and is a two-story, two-bay, stone dwelling with a gable roof. It has a one-story late-19th century frame wing. It is considered one of the most handsome and best preserved of the Page County Germanic houses.
NRHP reference number: 78003037
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.
NRHP reference number: 70000820
Kanawha, also known as Tuckahoe, is a historic home located at Luray, Page County, Virginia. It was built in 1921, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, Classical Revival style brick and tile-block dwelling on a poured-concrete foundation. It has a hipped roof covered with green Spanish tiles. The front facade features a semicircular Corinthian order portico. The house also has an enclosed Doric order rear portico, a porte-cochère, large hipped dormers, and a symmetrical composition. Also on the property are contributing gate pillars (c. 1923), an outbuilding (c. 1920), and weirs (Houn Spring) (c. 1881). The property was developed by Luray businessman and mayor Vernon H. Ford.
NRHP reference number: 99000968
Page County Bridge No. 1990, also known as Overall Bridge, is a historic Pratt deck arch truss bridge located at Overall, Page County, Virginia. It was built in 1938, and is a single-span Pratt deck arch metal truss bridge with four "T"-beam concrete approach spans. It is approximately 123 feet long and the entire bridge length is approximately 245 feet.
NRHP reference number: 08000423
WHSV-TV (channel 3) is a television station in Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States, affiliated with ABC. It is owned by Gray Television alongside two low-power stations: Class A dual Fox/CBS affiliate WSVF-CD (channel 43) and dual NBC/CW+ affiliate WSVW-LD (channel 30). The three stations share studios on North Main Street (US 11) in downtown Harrisonburg, and operate a newsroom in Fishersville, serving Staunton, Waynesboro, and Augusta County. WHSV-TV's transmitter is located at Elliott Knob west of Staunton.
website: http://www.whsv.com/, http://whsv.com
Isaac Spitler House is a historic home and farm complex located near Luray, Page County, Virginia. The farmhouse was built in 1826, and is a two-story, brick dwelling with a gable roof. A wing was added in 1857 to create an L-shaped building. Located on the property are the contributing remains of a double-unit stone outbuilding which sheltered and sustained the original settlers (about 1738–1739) and two succeeding generations; chimney and remains of a log building; stone wellhouse and dairy; large vernacular Switzer or Swisher barn dated to the 1750s; combination wagon shed and corn crib; a set of stone steps which were used to assist persons in mounting horses and getting into wagons; two eight-foot-high stone gateposts; and a small family cemetery containing nine graves.
NRHP reference number: 97000486
Graves Chapel and Cemetery, also known as Graves Church, is a historic Methodist church located at Stanley, Page County, Virginia. It was built in 1856, and is a simple one-story, frame church building. It was enlarged about 1870. The center entry and flanking windows on the front gable end have Gothic Revival lancet arches and the gable roof is topped by and open belfry. Also on the property are the contributing church cemetery with burials dating to 1860, and the parsonage, a two-story frame residence built about 1893.
NRHP reference number: 08000481
The Page Valley is a small valley geographically and culturally associated with the Shenandoah Valley. The valley is located between the Massanutten and Blue Ridge mountain ranges in western Virginia.
USGS GNIS ID: 1486038
WMXH-FM (105.7 FM) is a Christian Adult Contemporary formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Luray, Virginia, serving Page County, Southern Shenandoah County and Northern Rockingham County, all in Virginia. WMXH-FM is owned and operated by Baker Family Stations, through licensee Positive Alternative Radio, Inc.
Fort Philip Long is a historic fort complex located on the Shenandoah River near Stanley, Page County, Virginia. It is a significant example of the fortifications undertaken by the families in the Massanutten country of Page County in the later half of the 18th century. It includes an 18th-century, 1+1⁄2-story, rubble limestone structure with a gable roof. It sits on an basement and features a massive exterior asymmetrical stone chimney. The fort is situated about 100 yards from the stone dwelling. It consists of random rubble limestone walls that form a tall barrel vault pierced by loopholes. The fort may also be entered by means of a tunnel, sunk into the limestone, running from the basement of the stone house. Also on the property is a large brick three-bay square house built in 1856 and a stone slave quarter.
NRHP reference number: 73002048
The White House, also known as Kauffman House, is a historic home located at Luray, Page County, Virginia. It was built about 1760, and is a two-story, three-bay Rhenish stone house covered with stucco. It has a two-room central-chimney plan, consisting of a kuche and stube, with a barrel-vaulted cellar and a large storage loft.
Street address: 1917 Kauffmans Mill Road (from Wikidata)
NRHP reference number: 13000992