Cave House

Cave House

Cave House Virginia Department of Historic Resources
1858. 279 E. Main St.

Tannery owner Adam Hickman built this Carpenter Gothic House as a wedding present for his daughter. The house's three steeply pitched front gables of varying sizes have bargeboards dripping with wooden icicles. Along with a large leaded bay window and a wraparound porch with sawn balusters, and clustered columns, the house sports enough ornate decoration to make it a startling addition to sedate Main Street. The building is now home to a craft shop.

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