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June Tolliver House

"June Tolliver" House
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"June Tolliver" House, September 2013
June Tolliver House is located in Virginia
June Tolliver House
June Tolliver House is located in the US
June Tolliver House
Location 522 Clinton Ave E, Big Stone Gap, Virginia
Coordinates 36°52′2″N 82°46′22″W / 36.86722°N 82.77278°W / 36.86722; -82.77278Coordinates: 36°52′2″N 82°46′22″W / 36.86722°N 82.77278°W / 36.86722; -82.77278
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1890 (1890)
Architectural style Queen Anne
NRHP Reference # 73002067
VLR # 101-0003
Significant dates
Added to NRHP August 28, 1973
Designated VLR July 17, 1973

"June Tolliver" House, also known as the 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 12-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. The house is open as a museum.

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



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