Whiting House is a historic home located at Glenville,

Gilmer County, West Virginia Gilmer County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,408, making it West Virginia's fifth-least populous county. Its county seat is Glenville. The county was formed in 1845 from parts of Lew ...

. It was built in 1897 and is a three-story Queen Anne-style residence. It is a brick building and sits on a raised

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 features a conical tower and a screened in, full-height two story porch facing the

Little Kanawha River The Little Kanawha River is a tributary of the Ohio River, 169 mi (269 km) long,Gilchrist-Stalnaker, Joy Gregoire. 2006. "Little Kanawha River." ''The West Virginia Encyclopedia''. Ken Sullivan, editor. Charleston, WV: West Virgi ...

. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1998.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Queen Anne architecture in West Virginia Houses completed in 1897 Houses in Gilmer County, West Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Gilmer County, West Virginia {{GilmerCountyWV-NRHP-stub