John Miley Maphis House Explained

John Miley Maphis House
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:September 22, 2011[1]
Designated Other1 Number:085-5181
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:38.8389°N -78.5986°W
Built:c.
Builder:Maphis, John Miley
Architecture:Greek Revival, Italianate
Added:November 22, 2011
Refnum:11000840[2]

The John Miley Maphis House is a historic home located near Edinburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia. It was built in 1856, and is a frame, two-story, gable-roofed, L-shaped, vernacular Italianate style dwelling. The interior features unusual, boldly scaled, grain painted, late-Greek Revival interior woodwork. Also on the property are the contributing frame bank barn with forebay (c. 1870), a one-story frame wash house with gable roof and forebay (c. 1900), and a shed roofed, frame chicken house with horizontal- and vertical-board siding (c. 1920).[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 19 March 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings. 2011-12-16. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/05/11 through 12/09/11 . National Park Service.
  3. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: John Miley Maphis House . James C. Massey and Shirley Maxwell. June 2011. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying five photos