John Moore House is a historic home located near Lexington,

Rockbridge County, Virginia Rockbridge County is a county in the Shenandoah Valley on the western edge of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,650. Its county seat is the city of Lexington. Rockbridge County completely surrounds the in ...

. It was built in 1831, and is a two-story, three-bay

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style brick dwelling. It sits on a stone foundation and has a standing seam metal gable roof. The property also includes a contributing

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(c. 1830). an
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in 1999.

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