Graceland is a historic house on the campus of Davis & Elkins College in

Elkins, West Virginia Elkins is a city in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States, and its county seat. The population was 6,950 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It lies along the Tygart Valley River and was incorporated in 1890, taking its name fr ...

. It was the summer home of

Henry Gassaway Davis Henry Gassaway Davis (November 16, 1823 – March 11, 1916) was an American politician and businessman who served as a United States Senator from West Virginia from 1871 to 1883. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President of the Uni ...

, a

United States senator The United States Senate consists of 100 members, two from each of the 50 U.S. state, states. This list includes all senators serving in the 119th United States Congress. Party affiliation Independent Senators Angus King of Maine and Berni ...

from 1871–1883, and a major force in West Virginia's coal industry in the late 19th century. The mansion was completed in 1893. It is listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

and is part of the

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Davis and Elkins Historic District. It is now the centerpiece of an inn and conference center.

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Houses in Randolph County, West Virginia Davis and Elkins family Houses completed in 1893 Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Queen Anne architecture in West Virginia Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in West Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Randolph County, West Virginia Buildings and structures in Elkins, West Virginia {{RandolphCountyWV-NRHP-stub