Rife House (Shawsville, Virginia)

Rife House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Rife House, October 2013
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Location	VA 612 at VA 615, Shawsville, Virginia
Coordinates	37°10′38″N 80°14′13″W / 37.17722°N 80.23694°W / 37.17722; -80.23694Coordinates: 37°10′38″N 80°14′13″W / 37.17722°N 80.23694°W / 37.17722; -80.23694
Area	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built	1905 (1905)
Architectural style	Queen Anne
MPS	Montgomery County MPS
NRHP reference #	89001900
VLR #	060-0443
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 13, 1989
Designated VLR	June 20, 1989

Rife House is a historic home located at Shawsville, Montgomery County, Virginia. It was built in 1905, and is a two-story, rectangular Queen Anne style frame dwelling with a flat-topped hipped roof with cast iron ornamental cresting. It features a one-story, curved, wraparound porch with Doric order columns on pedestals and equipped with a turned balustrade. Also on the property is a contributing frame outbuilding.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.