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Phillips–Ronald House

1852 establishments in VirginiaBuildings and structures in Blacksburg, VirginiaHouses completed in 1852Houses in Montgomery County, VirginiaHouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
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Ronald Phillips House
Ronald Phillips House

The Phillips–Ronald House, also known as the Carrington Lybrook House and Five Chimneys, is a historic home located at Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia. It was built in 1851–1852, and is a one-story, brick dwelling with a hipped roof and double-pile, central-passage plan. It features a late-19th century, three-bay central entrance porch with sawn brackets and spindles in the gable and slender turned posts. Also on the property is a contributing frame garage.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

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Washington Street, Blacksburg

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