The Gold Houses, also known as the Gold Brothers' Houses, are two historic homes located at Mason,

Mason County, West Virginia Mason County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,453. Its county seat and largest city is Point Pleasant. The county was founded in 1804 and named for George Mason, delegate to the U.S. ...

. The two houses were built in 1908, and are -story, mirrored pair frame dwellings in the Queen Anne style. They feature pyramidal shaped slate roofs that curve outward to the eaves. They also have wraparound porches enclosed by a spindled balustrade with a circular roof at one corner. Also on the property are a

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garage with a gambrel roof and an original

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. It was listed on the

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in 1997. In 2004, one of the houses was set on fire by its then current occupant for what was believed to be insurance fraud, although this was never proven and no charges were ever filed. The house stood empty for a few more years, never being reconstructed and was demolished in the latter part of the decade.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Queen Anne architecture in West Virginia Houses completed in 1908 Houses in Mason County, West Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Mason County, West Virginia 1908 establishments in West Virginia {{MasonCountyWV-NRHP-stub