539 W Main St

From the National Register nomination

Sited at the northeast corner of Main and Church, the building is set back from the street with a shallow front yard defined by an ashlar-pattern concrete block retaining wall and piers. This two-story, three-bay house of frame construction with vinyl siding over weatherboards has a center-front gable feature on its otherwise side-gable form. Intact original features of the house include one-over-one double-hung sash, a wraparound one-story porch with turned posts and balusters and a rounded comer, and a multi-pane Queen Anne attic window in the front gable. The front entry, a single-leaf wood door with five raised panels and a beveled glass upper panel, is set within a surround that includes a divided transom and sidelights. A two-story brick dwelling, occupied by a Mrs. Smith in 1884, stood on this site from the antebellum period until the first years of the twentieth century. Between 1902 and 1907 it was replaced by the present house. From 1908 to 1942 the house served as the Methodist parsonage, and in later years it served a number of commercial functions. The property is also known as the Hilltop Building and the Loomis-Yount Building, and presently houses the Valley Community Services Board. (VDHR survey file 136-0015; Bowman, Waynesboro Days of Yore vol. 1, 151).