"June Tolliver" House, also known as the June Tolliver House & Folk Art Center, is a historic home located at

Big Stone Gap Big Stone Gap is a town in Wise County, Virginia, United States. The town was economically centered around the coal industry for much of its early development. The population was 5,643 at the 2010 census. History The community was formerly kno ...

Wise County, Virginia Wise County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia. The county was formed in 1856 from Lee, Scott, and Russell Counties and named for Henry A. Wise, who was the Governor of Virginia at the time. History The Cherokee conquered the ...

. It was built in 1890, and is a -story, three-bay Queen Anne-style brick dwelling. It has complex gable roof with projecting end bays. It is recognized as the house in which June Morris, the prototype of June Tolliver, heroine of John Fox, Jr.'s '' The Trail of the Lonesome Pine'' boarded when she came to school in Big Stone Gap. an
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/ref> The house is open as a museum. It was listed on the

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in 1973.

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The June Tolliver House & Folk Art Center
Historic house museums in Virginia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Queen Anne architecture in Virginia Houses completed in 1890 Houses in Wise County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Wise County, Virginia Museums in Wise County, Virginia {{Virginia-museum-stub