Evans House (Salem, Virginia) Explained

Evans House
Designated Other1:	Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:	March 21, 1972^[1]
Designated Other1 Number:	129-0017
Designated Other1 Num Position:	bottom
Location:	213 Broad St., Salem, Virginia
Coordinates:	37.2953°N -80.06°W
Architecture:	French Empire
Added:	May 19, 1972
Refnum:	72001529

Evans House is a historic home located at Salem, Virginia. It was built in 1882, and is a -story, L-shaped, French Empire style brick dwelling. It features two concavely cut intersecting mansard roofs which are pierced by two paneled interior chimneys with corbeled caps. The front facade is symmetrically divided by a two-story projecting central pavilion supported by a bracketed cornice and topped with a convexly rendered mansard roof.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

External links

• Evans-Webber House, 213 North Broad Street, Salem, Salem, VA

1 photo and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey

Notes and References

1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 19 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm. 21 September 2013. dead.
2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Evans House . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff. February 1972. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo