Col. Henry Hewitt Wood House is a historic home located at

Charleston, West Virginia Charleston is the capital and List of cities in West Virginia, most populous city of West Virginia. Located at the confluence of the Elk River (West Virginia), Elk and Kanawha River, Kanawha rivers, the city had a population of 48,864 at the 20 ...

. It is a two-story, white- painted brick house was formerly the seat of a large farmland and built in 1829-31 for Colonel Henry Hewitt Wood, a leading saltmaker. It is a slightly modified L-shaped dwelling. The major elevation facing the Kanawha River is symmetrically divided among five bays and is centered with an especially broad entrance. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

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Houses in Charleston, West Virginia Federal architecture in West Virginia Houses completed in 1831 Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Charleston, West Virginia {{KanawhaCountyWV-NRHP-stub