Persinger House

VA 788, Covington, Virginia. County/parish: Alleghany.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 08, 1982. NRIS 82004668.

2 contributing buildings.

From Wikipedia:

Persinger House

Persinger House is a historic home located at Covington, Alleghany County, Virginia. The original section was built about 1757, and enlarged in 1888. It is a two-story, six-bay, single-pile log-and-frame house with weatherboard siding and a gable roof. A 20th-century kitchen is connected to the house by a hyphen. It features a two-story, porch supported by chamfered posts, simple cut-out friezes, and a Chinese lattice railing. Also on the property is a contributing late 19th-century barn.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679476

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