James Clark McGrew House, also known as the Gibson Property, is a historic home located at Kingwood, Preston County, West Virginia. The house consists of a large main two-story block and a low two-story ell. The oldest section is the northern ell, built in 1841. The main block was built about 1870. Also on the property are a contributing two-story barn/outbuilding connected to the house with a breezeway and a two-story Gothic Revival barn/carriage house. The house was built by James McGrew (1813 – 1910), a founding father of West Virginia.[2]
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| Location | 109 E. Main St., Kingwood, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 39°28′20″N 79°41′11″W / 39.47222°N 79.68639°W |
| Area | 2.8 acres (1.1 ha) |
| Architectural style | Italianate, Federal, Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 93000618[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 9, 1993 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Rosemary Bernatowicz (March 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: James Clark McGrew House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-01.