Elmhurst (Wellsburg, West Virginia)
Elmhurst | |
 Elmhurst, April 2011 | |
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| Location | 1606 Pleasant Ave., Wellsburg, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 40°16′47″N 80°36′22″W / 40.27972°N 80.60611°W |
| Area | 3.3 acres (1.3 ha) |
| Built | 1848 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| MPS | Pleasant Avenue MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 86001072 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 16, 1986 |
Elmhurst, also known as the William H. Tarr House or William and Carol Lynn Residence, is a historic country home located at Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia. It was built in 1848, and is a two-story, five-bay, rectangular brick dwelling with a hipped roof in the Greek Revival style. It sits on a stone ashlar foundation and features a single bay portico with a hipped roof supported by Tuscan order columns. Also on the property is a contributing small barn.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Hiram J. Lester (September 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Elmhurst" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
