The Peck-Crim-Chesser House is a historic home located at Philippi,

Barbour County, West Virginia Barbour County is a county in North-Central West Virginia West Virginia, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 15,465. The county seat is Philippi, which was chartered in 1844. Both county and city were named for Philip P. Ba ...

, US. It was built in 1884, and is a large, two-story red brick house on a

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foundation. It features highly pitched multiple gables and tall chimneys with corbeled caps. The house is a significant local example of Late Victorian architecture, and was for many years associated with descendants and members of the locally prominent Peck and Crim families. The house was listed on the

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in 1984.

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Houses completed in 1884 Houses in Barbour County, West Virginia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Barbour County, West Virginia Victorian architecture in West Virginia Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in West Virginia {{BarbourCountyWV-NRHP-stub

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