Sonner Hall

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Sonner Hall
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Sonner Hall in March of 2015.
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LocationThird St., Front Royal, Virginia
Coordinates 38°55′22″N78°11′55″W / 38.92278°N 78.19861°W / 38.92278; -78.19861 Coordinates: 38°55′22″N78°11′55″W / 38.92278°N 78.19861°W / 38.92278; -78.19861
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1927 (1927)
ArchitectPettyjohn, J.P.
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 87000007 [1]
VLR No.112-0057
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 29, 1987
Designated VLROctober 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]

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  1. 1 2 "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