Dr. George Rigas House is a historic home located at

Weirton Weirton () is a city in Brooke and Hancock counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Located primarily in Hancock County, the city lies in the northern portions of the state's Northern Panhandle region. As of the 2020 census, the city's popu ...

, Hancock County, West Virginia. It was built in 1936, and is a five-bay, -story wood-frame house with clapboard siding and a side gable roof. It has an eclectic style. It features a gable-roofed

portico A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cult ...

centered on the main elevation and supported by four

Tuscan order The Tuscan order (Latin ''Ordo Tuscanicus'' or ''Ordo Tuscanus'', with the meaning of Etruscan order) is one of the two classical orders developed by the Romans, the other being the composite order. It is influenced by the Doric order, but with u ...

columns and two pilasters. The house is associated with Dr. George S. Rigas, a prominent local physician who practiced medicine in Weirton. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 2004.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Houses completed in 1936 Houses in Hancock County, West Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Hancock County, West Virginia {{HancockCountyWV-NRHP-stub