Lackawanna is a historic home at 236 Riverside Road in
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 ...
,
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 ...
. The -story brick house was built in 1869 for Dorastus Cone, a merchant who moved to the area from the
Lackawanna River
The Lackawanna River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed August 8, 2011 tributary of the Susquehanna River in Northeastern Pennsylvania. It flows through a region of th ...
valley in
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
. The house has well-preserved Italianate features, including bracketed eaves and segmented-arch windows. Distinctive features that survive include top-floor windows whose sashes rise into the attic space, and a period bathroom.
The house was listed on the
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 ...
in 2014;
[ it was designated a part of the Riverton Historic District in 2002.][ It is now operated as a bed and breakfast inn.][
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See also
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References
External links
Lackawanna Bed & Breakfast website
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Bed and breakfasts in Virginia
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
Queen Anne architecture in Virginia
Houses completed in 1869
Houses in Warren County, Virginia
National Register of Historic Places in Warren County, Virginia
Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Virginia
1869 establishments in Virginia
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