Aurora (Spencer, Virginia)

Aurora, also known as the Pink House, Boxwood, and the Penn Homestead, is a historic home located at Penn's Store near Spencer, Patrick County, Virginia. It was built between 1853 and 1856, and is a two-story, three-bay, hipped-roof frame house in the Italian Villa style. It features one-story porches on the east and west facades, round-arched windows, clustered chimneys, and low pitched roofs. Also on the property is a contributing small one-story frame building once used as an office. It was built by Thomas Jefferson Penn (1810-1888), whose son, Frank Reid Penn founded the company F.R & G. Penn Co. that was eventually acquired by tobacco magnate James Duke to form the American Tobacco Company.^[3]

Aurora
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Aurora, May 2010
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Location	VA 629 S of jct. with US 58, near Spencer, Virginia
Coordinates	36°36′3″N 80°3′11″W
Area	5.6 acres (2.3 ha)
Built	1853 (1853)-1856
Architectural style	Italianate, Italian Villa
NRHP reference No.	91000015[1]
VLR No.	070-0011
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	February 4, 1991
Designated VLR	August 21, 1990[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.^[1]