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Front Royal Historic District is a national
historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...
located at
Front Royal Front Royal is the only incorporated town in Warren County, Virginia, United States. The population was 15,011 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Warren County. History The entire Shenandoah Valley including the area to become F ...
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Warren County, Virginia Warren County is a U.S. county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The 2020 census places Warren County within the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area with a population of 40,727. The county seat is F ...
. The district encompasses approximately 470 contributing buildings and structures in the town of Front Royal. It has a mix of commercial, residential, industrial, religious and governmental buildings dating from the late-18th to mid-20th centuries. Notable buildings include the former Proctor-Biggs Mill (c. 1922), a former apple warehouse, Murphy's Theater (1908-1909), Compton's Corner (c. 1905), first Bank of Warren, Trout Drugstore Building, second Bank of Warren building (1914), Montview Hotel (c. 1868), Park Theater (c. 1920), the Henry Trout House (c. 1800), Mullen-Trout House (c. 1815), Giles-Cooke House (c. 1850), and the Dr. Manly Littleton Garrison (c. 1882). Located in the district and separately listed are the Balthis House and Warren County Courthouse. an
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National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 2003.


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Front Royal, Virginia Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Historic districts in Warren County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Warren County, Virginia {{WarrenCountyVA-NRHP-stub