Stover House
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Stover House | |
 HABS image of Stover House | |
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| Location | N of Luray off VA 660, near Luray, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°43′32″N 78°27′28″W / 38.72556°N 78.45778°W |
| Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
| Built by | Stover, Samuel |
| Architectural style | Flurkuchenhaus |
| NRHP reference No. | 78003189[1] |
| VLR No. | 069-0005 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 22, 1978 |
| Designated VLR | November 15, 1977[2] |
Stover House, also known as Fort Stover, is a historic home located near Luray, Page County, Virginia. It is dated to the late-18th century, and is a two-story, three-bay, rubble stone structure with a traditional Flurküchenhaus 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.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
