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Samuel Starks House

Coordinates: 38°21′2″N 81°37′50″W / 38.35056°N 81.63056°W / 38.35056; -81.63056
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Samuel Starks House
Samuel Starks House, April 2009
Samuel Starks House is located in West Virginia
Samuel Starks House
Samuel Starks House is located in the United States
Samuel Starks House
Location413 Shrewsbury St.,
Charleston, West Virginia
Coordinates38°21′2″N 81°37′50″W / 38.35056°N 81.63056°W / 38.35056; -81.63056
Built1906
Architectural styleAmerican Foursquare
NRHP reference No.87002526[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 1, 1988

Samuel Starks House is a historic home located at Charleston, West Virginia.

It is an American Foursquare style home built in 1908, as home for Samuel W. Starks (1866–1908). Starks was a nationally prominent African American leader in the Knights of Pythias fraternal organization.[2]

It was severely damaged by a fire in 1981 and subsequently repaired and renovated. The Samuel Starks House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form" (PDF). Samuel Starks House. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. 2009-04-04.