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Mimslyn Inn

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1930–1931, J. Raymond Mims. 401 W. Main St.
  • (Photograph by D Hughes)
  • (Photograph by D Hughes)

Perched on a hill just west of the commercial downtown area, the Mimslyn Inn has been the center of Luray's social life since opening its doors in 1931. Designed by a brother of John W. Mims, the hotelier, this brick hotel consists of a three-story central block balanced by two-and-a-half-story wings. The building's most outstanding feature is its monumental Corinthian portico that extends forward to form a porte-cochere and is flanked by one-story porches. Among the inn's other fine Colonial Revival features are Flemish bond brickwork, round-arched door and window openings, and a main entrance framed by a lavish surround incorporating fluted pilasters, consoles, a dentil cornice, and a large elliptical fanlight with delicate tracery. The property also includes terraces, a stone bridge, and stone retaining walls from the 1931 period, as well as a boxwood garden and many formal plantings and mature trees.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Anne Carter Lee
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What's Nearby

Page County Courthouse
Page County Office Building (Luray Graded and High School)
Yager Building (N. W. Yager House and Store, The Long Building)
Aventine Hall
Jonas Ruffner House

Citation

Anne Carter Lee, "Mimslyn Inn", [Luray, Virginia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/VA-02-PG5.

Print Source

Cover: Buildings of Virginia vol 2

Buildings of Virginia: Valley, Piedmont, Southside, and Southwest, Anne Carter Lee and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2015, 81-81.

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