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{{short description|Historic house in Virginia, United States}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Ratcliffe–Logan–Allison House/Earp's Ordinary
| nrhp_type = nrhp
| nocat = yes
| designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register
| designated_other1_date = January 16, 1973<ref name=register>{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|accessdate=19 March 2013}}</ref>
| designated_other1_number = 151-0002
| designated_other1_num_position = bottom
| image = Ratcliffe - Logan - Allison House (53890521309).jpg
| caption = Ratcliffe-Logan-Allison House
| location = 200 E. Main St., [[Fairfax, Virginia]]
| coordinates = {{coord|38|50|45|N|77|18|18|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Fairfax#USA Virginia Northern#USA Virginia#USA
| built = c. {{Start date|1810}}, c. 1830
| added = February 16, 1973
| area = {{convert|9.9|acre}}
| refnum = 73002209<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
| partof = [[Moorefield Historic District]]
| partof_refnum = 86000774
| designated_nrhp_type = January 15, 1986
| nrhp_type2 = indcp
| partof2 = [[City of Fairfax Historic District]]
| partof2_refnum = 8700143
| designated_nrhp_type2 = August 27, 1987
}}
The '''Ratcliffe–Logan–Allison House''' is a historic home located at [[Fairfax, Virginia]]. It is commonly and historically known as Earp's Ordinary, as the structure is an expansion of the original Earp's Ordinary, a late 18th Century building used as a tavern and store by Caleb Earp. It consists of two sections built about 1810 and about 1830, and is a small two-story, single pile brick building. A two-story rear wing connected by a hyphen was added in the 20th century.  A postal station and stage coach stop operated from the building in the 1820s-1830s.<ref name=VAnom>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Fairfax_City/151-0002_Ratcliffe-Logan-Allison_House_1973_Final_Nomination.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Ratcliffe–Logan–Allison House |author=Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff|date=December 1972 |publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}} and [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Fairfax_City/Ratcliffe_House_photo.htm ''Accompanying photo'']</ref>
It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1973.<ref name=nris/>  It is located in the [[City of Fairfax Historic District]].
The house is owned and operated as a [[historic house museum]] by the City of Fairfax.
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.fairfaxva.gov/government/historic-resources/historic-buildings-and-sites City of Fairfax: Historic Buildings and Sites]
* [http://www.historicfairfax.org/historic-buildings-sites/ Historic Fairfax City: Historic Buildings and Sites]
{{City of Fairfax Historic Landmarks}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in Virginia}}
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[[Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia]]
[[Category:Houses completed in 1830]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Fairfax, Virginia]]
[[Category:Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Virginia]]
[[Category:1830 establishments in Virginia]]
[[Category:Houses in Fairfax, Virginia]]
[[Category:Museums in Fairfax County, Virginia]]
[[Category:Historic house museums in Virginia]]
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