In the Shenandoah Valley, a Mountain Home Channels the Spirit of the Aegean

As with many of their neighbors, views of the Blue Ridge Mountains fill James D. Faubion and William R. Duell’s Lexington, Virginia, home. This is a place, however, unlike most others in the Shenandoah Valley. Red brick, faux-mansard roofs, and other suburban conventions hold sway in the area. But situated on a grassy precipice 1,350 feet above sea level, this 2,500-square-foot, single-story house embodies different ideals. Its stark white exteriors channel an archaic mood, more Greek isles than Appalachia, with an interplay of light and shadow that recalls ruined temples.