Price: $695,000
Beds: 6
Baths: 5 full, 1 half
Living Area SqFt: 8,544
Status: Active
Property Type: Attached
Lot Size Acres: 0.46
Lot Size SqFt: 20,037
Year Built: 1815
Neighborhood: None
Days on Website: 124

Courtesy of Cottonwood Commercial LLC

Property Description

MOTIVATED SELLERS! Historic Downtown Dayton , VA. THE THOMAS HOUSE RESTAURANT & INN. Open and Operating! Real Estate & Business for sale. TURNKEY All inventory, furnishings and fixtures included. Become the steward of Shenandoah Valley History! Original Dwelling built in 1815, with 1854 addition. The Thomas House Restaurant addition was added by Lottie Thomas in 1960, and has been open continuously since the 1960s. The home, operating as the Thomas House Inn, has 5 bedrooms, 4 baths, 1 bed/1 bath apartment, and unfinished basement, with private entrance and bath (rough-in), that was formally a 2nd apartment. The Thomas House restaurant has ample seating, plus utilizes private rooms in the home for serving groups and parties. Excellent Live/Work potential! History: Built by Alexander Herrington, in 1818, Harrington’s grandfather, Lord Benjamin Herring, was an English nobleman who settled in the Shenandoah Valley in 1737. Their daughter, Bathsheba, married Capt. Abraham Lincoln, grandparents of President Abraham Lincoln. In 1942, Lottie Thomas opened the Thomas House bakery, which became the Thomas House restaurant, and operated the house as a boarding house. You can find Lottie’s rules for boarders in the photos.

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Property Details and Features

  • Appliances & Equipment
  • ElectricRange
  • Refrigerator
  • Basement
  • ExteriorEntry
  • Heated
  • InteriorEntry
  • Unfinished
  • WalkOutAccess
  • Bathrooms
  • 5 full bathrooms
  • 1 half bathroom
  • 6 bathrooms total integer
  • Bedrooms
  • 6 total bedrooms
  • Building
  • 3,162 above grade finished area
  • Building area total: 8,544
  • Common walls: EndUnit
  • Construction materials: StickBuilt
  • Levels: Two
  • Living area: 6,858
  • 2 stories
  • Built in 1815
  • Cooling
  • CentralAir
  • Heating
  • HotWater
  • NaturalGas
  • Interior Features
  • PrimaryDownstairs
  • Listing
  • 146 days on market
  • ListingID: 663438
  • Standard status: Active
  • Location
  • Subdivision name: NONE
  • Lot
  • HistoricDistrict
  • 0.46 acres
  • Pool
  • None
  • Schools
  • Elementary school: John Wayland
  • High school: Turner Ashby
  • Middle or junior school: Wilbur S. Pence
  • Sewer
  • PublicSewer
  • Taxes
  • Tax annual amount: $2,922
  • Tax year: 2025
  • Utilities
  • CableAvailable
  • SatelliteInternetAvailable

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$695,000 – 222 Main St, Dayton, VA 22821

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