The Browntown Historic District encompasses most of the village of Browntown. The village occupies an area of the county known since the eighteenth century as Gooney Manor, including Gooney Run, a tributary of the South Fork of the Shenandoah.
The majority of buildings are houses of one or two stories, built with a frame construction, and weatherboard, stucco, or synthetic exterior siding. House styles include Italianate, Craftsman, and Minimal Traditional.
As well as the main house, many properties include garages, carriage houses, privies, smoke houses, spring houses, barns, or sheds.
The area as a whole conveys a sense of the particular period of time during which it was developed and gained its historic associations.
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