Sonner Hall, also known as "Main Building" and Sonner-Payne Hall, is a historic building located at

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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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. It was built in 1927, to replace the original academy building of 1892. It is a 3 1/2-story, 19 bay,

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style brick building. The front facade features a tetrastyle pedimented portico with Greek

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columns. It has a slate-covered gambrel roof topped by a ribbed dome with a

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and lantern. an
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/ref> In 1995, a fire destroyed the third and fourth floors of Sonner-Payne Hall. Sonner-Payne Hall was subsequently gutted and rebuilt with improvements. It was listed on the

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in 1987.

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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Colonial Revival architecture in Virginia School buildings completed in 1927 Schools in Warren County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Warren County, Virginia Front Royal, Virginia 1927 establishments in Virginia {{WarrenCountyVA-NRHP-stub