Frank and Anna Hunter House

Frank and Anna Hunter House
Location U.S. 219, Marlinton, West Virginia
Coordinates 38°13′14″N 80°6′3″W / 38.22056°N 80.10083°W / 38.22056; -80.10083Coordinates: 38°13′14″N 80°6′3″W / 38.22056°N 80.10083°W / 38.22056; -80.10083
Area 5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built 1903
NRHP Reference # 76001945[1]
Added to NRHP May 13, 1976

Frank and Anna Hunter House, also known as Pocohontas County Museum, is a historic home located at Marlinton, Pocahontas County, West Virginia. It was built in 1903, and is a two-story, square frame dwelling. The house has a hipped roof with dormers and crowned with a captain's walk. The front elevation features Victorian-Gothic "icing" ornamentation. Also on the property is a log cabin built about 1850 and moved to the property from nearby Beards Mountain. The Pocohontas County Historical Society purchased the property for use as a museum in 1963.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. C.E. Turley and James E. Harding (August 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Frank and Anna Hunter House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-01.

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