Stone Manse
Stone Manse | |
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| Location | County Route 38 (Stonehouse Rd.), near Caldwell, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°47′52″N 80°22′45″W / 37.79778°N 80.37917°W |
| Area | 1.4 acres (0.57 ha) |
| Built | 1796, 1833 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 04000307[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 15, 2004 |
Stone Manse is a historic manse located near Caldwell, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It was built in 1796, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, gable roofed, Federal style dwelling. It was built using brown, red, and gray stones from the nearby Greenbrier River. A wood-frame addition was completed in 1833. The house served as the first manse of the Old Stone Presbyterian Church in Lewisburg and was originally the home of Reverend Benjamin Porter Grigsby, the congregation's second minister.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Richard A. and Judith A. Lewis, with Erin Riebe (November 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Stone Manse" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-31.
Categories:
- Federal architecture in West Virginia
- Houses completed in 1796
- Houses in Greenbrier County, West Virginia
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Greenbrier County, West Virginia
- Stone houses in West Virginia
- 1796 establishments in Virginia
- New River Greenbrier Registered Historic Place stubs