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Old Stone House (Pennsboro, West Virginia)

Coordinates: 39°17′5″N 80°58′20″W / 39.28472°N 80.97222°W / 39.28472; -80.97222
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Old Stone House
Front of the house
Old Stone House (Pennsboro, West Virginia) is located in West Virginia
Old Stone House (Pennsboro, West Virginia)
Old Stone House (Pennsboro, West Virginia) is located in the United States
Old Stone House (Pennsboro, West Virginia)
Location310 W. Myles Ave., Pennsboro, West Virginia
Coordinates39°17′5″N 80°58′20″W / 39.28472°N 80.97222°W / 39.28472; -80.97222
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1810
NRHP reference No.78002811 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 21, 1978

Old Stone House, also known as the Webster-Martin-Ireland House, is a historic inn and boarding house, located at Pennsboro, Ritchie County, West Virginia. The main section was built about 1810, and is a 2+12-story stone structure, five bays wide and two bays deep, with a gable roof. Attached to it is a two-story frame addition with a hipped roof. It features a one-story porch across the front facade.[2] It is open by the Ritchie County Historical Society as a historic house and local history museum.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ James E. Harding (March 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Old Stone House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
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