Harrisonburg Downtown Historic District
435 S Main St
Sunhaven Convalescent Home, Ca. 1890
FrameContributes to the historic character of the district
From the National Register nomination
Victorian two-story frame house with novelty vinyl siding and a front/side-gable roof with flared eaves. The cornice has small and large sawn brackets, the latter paired and with pendant sawn ornament on the house wall beneath. The two-story front bay window has a concave roof, bracketed cornices at the first and second-story levels with decorative panels between the brackets, segmental-arch 2/2 windows, pierced and sawn applied wood ornament, and chamfered and recessed panels under the windows. Windows are typically 2/2 with peaked lintels and unusual ribbon-like applied wood ornament in the surrounds. The one-story entry porch has paneled square wood columns (apparently replacements) and is cut back from the original size (indicated by a brick terrace with a metal railing). Other features include a limestone foundation, an interior brick chimney with dogtooth corbeling, and an enclosed two-tier back porch. The house does not appear to be shown on the 1885 Lake map. The house was used as the Sunhaven Convalescent Home in 1955. Tracy O. Henton may have been the home's supervisor. Now TCI (Travel Counselors, Inc.).
People
- Tracy O. Henton associated in 1955 (may have been the home's supervisor)