Thomas R. Carskadon House also known as the Carskadon Mansion and "Radical Hill," is a historic home located on Radical Hill overlooking Mineral Street (
US 220), in
Keyser,
Mineral County, West Virginia. It is the former residence of
Thomas R. Carskadon, an influential Mineral County farmer and political leader. It was built about 1886, and has two sections: a -story rectangular, brick main block and a two-story rear ell. It features a hip-on-mansard roof and two one-story, brick polygonal bays. It combines features of the
Italianate and
French Second Empire styles. Also on the property are the ruins of a brick dairy, the cement foundations of a silo, and the stone foundations of another outbuilding.
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
See also
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Sonnencroft
Sonnencroft (also known as the Clyde E. Hutchinson House) was a historic residence located along Morgantown Avenue (near the present site of East Fairmont Junior High School) in Fairmont, West Virginia, Fairmont in the U.S. state of West Virginia ...
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High Gate
High Gate (also known as the James Edwin Watson House or Ross Funeral Home) is an historic residence located at 800 Fairmont Avenue in Fairmont, West Virginia, Fairmont, West Virginia.
The High Gate house and carriage house were built ca. 191 ...
References
External links
Biography of Thomas R. Carskadon
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
Houses completed in 1886
Italianate architecture in West Virginia
Second Empire architecture in West Virginia
Houses in Mineral County, West Virginia
National Register of Historic Places in Mineral County, West Virginia
Landmarks in West Virginia
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