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located near

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. The district includes seven contributing buildings and one contributing site. The main house was most likely built in the 1860s. It is a two-story, square brick dwelling with a rectangular wing in a transitional

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style. It has a hipped roof, capped by a

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and a one-story

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with painted wooden

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columns. Also on the property are a contributing log cabin (c. 1800) and a number of farm-related outbuildings. It was listed on the

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in 1992.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Historic districts in Mineral County, West Virginia Federal architecture in West Virginia Greek Revival houses in West Virginia Houses completed in 1833 Houses in Mineral County, West Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Mineral County, West Virginia Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia {{MineralCountyWV-NRHP-stub