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Stover House, also known as Fort Stover, is a historic home located near Luray,
Page County, Virginia Page County is located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,709. Its county seat is Luray. Page County was formed in 1831 from Shenandoah and Rockingham counties and was named for John Page, Governor ...
. 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. an
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/ref> It 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 v ...
in 1978.


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Fort Stover, State Route 660 vicinity, Luray, Page County, VA
5 photos, 12 measured drawings, and 4 data pages at
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Houses in Page County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Page County, Virginia Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia {{PageCountyVA-NRHP-stub