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The Luray Museum in Luray, Virginia, circa 1930-1944. Caption reads: "The large rustic twelve-room house, wherein is displayed the Luray Museum, harmonizes as an antique with its unusual contents. The land on which it stands was conveyed by Isaac Ruffner to Henry Rose in 1812, the year the Town of Luray was chartered, and then to Joseph Evans, He, in 1818, build the log house. In 1842, the additions to the rear and west side were erected. On the very day in 183 when Page County was cut off from the Shenandoah County the first baby in the newly formed County was born in this building. The first court in Page County was held in this building on March 30, 1831; and, from 1842 to 1850, it was known as the Eagle Tavern, being the terminus of the Winchester-Luray Stage Line. From 1861-1865, the women of the community gathered in this building to cut uniforms for the Confederate Soldiers. Two of its rooms were used for surgical supplies and medicines for Company K., 10th Virginia Infantry, C.S.A., recruited in the area." Postcard number: 79318.
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