"Sunset Hill", also known as the Alderson Home, is a historic home located at Alderson,

Monroe County, West Virginia Monroe County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 12,376. Its county seat is Union, West Virginia, Union. Monroe County was the home of A ...

. The main farmhouse was built in 1880, and is a two-story I house with side gables and a two-story ell. The front facade features a gable

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supported by four

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columns. Also on the property are a contributing cottage (c. 1900), privy built by the

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(c. 1935–1936), barn (c. 1900), cistern (c. 1880), and entrance gates (c. 1925). It was listed on the

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in 2000.

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Houses in Monroe County, West Virginia Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Houses completed in 1880 Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia I-houses in West Virginia Works Progress Administration in West Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, West Virginia 1880 establishments in West Virginia Alderson, West Virginia {{MonroeCountyWV-NRHP-stub