Sonner Hall, also known as "Main Building" and Sonner-Payne Hall, is a historic building located at Randolph-Macon Academy in

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. It was built in 1927, to replace the original academy building of 1892. It is a 3 1/2-story, 19 bay,

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style brick building. The front facade features a tetrastyle pedimented portico with Greek

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columns. It has a slate-covered gambrel roof topped by a ribbed dome with a

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and lantern. an
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/ref> In 1995, a fire destroyed the third and fourth floors of Sonner-Payne Hall. Sonner-Payne Hall was subsequently gutted and rebuilt with improvements. It was listed on the

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in 1987.

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