Kenwood, also known as the John A. Sheppard House, is a historic home located at Huntington,

Cabell County, West Virginia Cabell County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 94,350, making it West Virginia's fourth most-populous county. Its county seat is Huntington. The county was organized in 1809 and ...

. It was designed by the prominent West Virginia architect, H. Rus Warne, and built about 1910, and is a -story, rectangular, side gable house with flanking one-story, enclosed wings with flat roofs covered in green clay tile. The house measures approximately 100 feet long and 64 feet deep. It features an entrance

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with two story

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columns. The house is in the

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style with

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details. Also on the property is a contributing garage. It was listed on the

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in 2007.

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Neoclassical architecture in West Virginia Greek Revival houses in West Virginia H. Rus Warne buildings Houses completed in 1910 Houses in Huntington, West Virginia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Cabell County, West Virginia {{CabellCountyWV-NRHP-stub

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