Dr. James W. Hale House, also known as the Hale-Pendleton House, "Temple Knob," and "Temple Hill," was a historic home located at

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, Mercer County, West Virginia. Built about 1885, it was a large, two-story plus basement brick house. The house had many

Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...

features, such as pointed-arch windows with panes divided by simple geometric tracery, gingerbread bargeboards, and a large

verandah A veranda or verandah is a roofed, open-air gallery or porch, attached to the outside of a building. A veranda is often partly enclosed by a railing and frequently extends across the front and sides of the structure. Although the form ''veran ...

completely around the west and south elevations. The verandah roof was supported by more than 12 fluted columns and a cornice with dentil molding in the

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but ...

style. The house sat atop Temple Knob, a small rise said to have been used as a signal point by both Union and Confederate soldiers during the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...

. It was listed on the

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in 1976.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Greek Revival houses in West Virginia Gothic Revival architecture in West Virginia Houses completed in 1885 Houses in Mercer County, West Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Mercer County, West Virginia Princeton, West Virginia {{MercerCountyWV-NRHP-stub