June_Tolliver_House

June Tolliver House

June Tolliver House

Historic house in Virginia, United States

June Tolliver House, also known as the June Tolliver House & Folk Art Center, is a historic home located at Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Virginia. It was built in 1890, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, three-bay Queen Anne-style brick dwelling. It has complex gable roof with projecting end bays. It is recognized as the house in which June Morris, the prototype of June Tolliver, heroine of John Fox, Jr.'s The Trail of the Lonesome Pine boarded when she came to school in Big Stone Gap.[3] The house is open as a museum.

Quick Facts Location, Coordinates ...

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. [2]
    "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. [3]
    Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (June 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: "June Tolliver" House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo

Media related to June Tolliver House at Wikimedia Commons


This article about a property in Wise County, Virginia on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This Virginia museum–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article June_Tolliver_House, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.