Sonner Hall

Sonner Hall
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Sonner Hall in March of 2015.
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Location	Third St., Front Royal, Virginia
Coordinates	38°55′22″N 78°11′55″W
Area	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built	1927 (1927)
Architect	Pettyjohn, J.P.
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	87000007[1]
VLR No.	112-0057
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	January 29, 1987
Designated VLR	October 14, 1986[2]

Sonner Hall, also known as "Main Building" and Sonner-Payne Hall, is a historic building located at Randolph-Macon Academy in Front Royal, Warren County, Virginia. It was built in 1927, to replace the original academy building of 1892. It is a 3 1/2-story, 19 bay, Colonial Revival style brick building. The front facade features a tetrastyle pedimented portico with Greek Ionic order columns. It has a slate-covered gambrel roof topped by a ribbed dome with a balustrade and lantern.^[3] In 1995, a fire destroyed the third and fourth floors of Sonner-Payne Hall. Sonner-Payne Hall was subsequently gutted and rebuilt with improvements.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
3. Division of Historic Landmarks (September 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Sonner Hall" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo