Scott Hill is a historic home located near Elkins in

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. It was built in 1892, and is a 2 ½ story, brick Queen Anne style dwelling on a

sandstone Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks. Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates) ...

foundation. It has an asymmetrical shape with a truncated

slate Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. It is the finest grained foliated metamorphic rock. ...

covered hipped roof. The front facade features a large, one-story wraparound porch. It also has a

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supported by two replacement

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columns. Also on the property are a contributing one-story, square-plan frame

smoke house A smokehouse (North American) or smokery (British) is a building where meat or fish is cured with smoke. The finished product might be stored in the building, sometimes for a year or more.

(c. 1892),

carriage house A carriage house, also called a remise or coach house, is an outbuilding which was originally built to house horse-drawn carriages and the related tack. In Great Britain the farm building was called a cart shed. These typically were open f ...

(c. 1892),

chicken coop Poultry farming is the form of animal husbandry which raises domesticated birds such as chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese to produce meat or eggs for food. Poultry – mostly chickens – are farmed in great numbers. More than 60 billion chicke ...

(c. 1920),

corn crib A corn crib or corncrib is a type of granary used to dry and store corn. It may also be known as a cornhouse or corn house. Overview After the harvest and while still on the cob, corn is placed in the crib either with or without the husk. The ...

(c. 1892),

bank barn A bank barn or banked barn is a style of barn noted for its accessibility, at ground level, on two separate levels. Often built into the side of a hill, or bank, both the upper and the lower floors area could be accessed from ground level, one are ...

(c. 1892), equipment shed (c. 1941), and stone ornamental pond (c. 1910). It was listed on the

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in 2008.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Queen Anne architecture in West Virginia Houses completed in 1892 Houses in Randolph County, West Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Randolph County, West Virginia Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Historic districts in Randolph County, West Virginia Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Buildings and structures in Elkins, West Virginia {{RandolphCountyWV-NRHP-stub