The McCoy House, also known as Franklin Town Office or Pendleton County Library, is a historic home located at

Franklin Franklin may refer to: People and characters * Franklin (given name), including list of people and characters with the name * Franklin (surname), including list of people and characters with the name * Franklin (class), a member of a historic ...

Pendleton County, West Virginia Pendleton County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,143, making it the second-least populous county in West Virginia. Its county seat is Franklin. The county was created by the ...

. It was built in 1848, and is a two- to three-story, L-shaped, brick building in the

Greek Revival Greek Revival architecture is a architectural style, style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, ...

-style. It features a one-bay entrance portico with two sets of double

Ionic order The Ionic order is one of the three canonic classical order, orders of classical architecture, the other two being the Doric order, Doric and the Corinthian order, Corinthian. There are two lesser orders: the Tuscan order, Tuscan (a plainer Doric) ...

columns. A three-story porch is incorporated into the northeastern section. It was listed on the

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in 1996.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Houses completed in 1848 Houses in Pendleton County, West Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Pendleton County, West Virginia Greek Revival houses in West Virginia City and town halls on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia 1848 establishments in Virginia Franklin, West Virginia {{PendletonCountyWV-NRHP-stub