Tuscawilla
Tuscawilla | |
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| Location | South of Lewisburg off U.S. Route 219, near Lewisburg, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°47′0″N 80°27′0″W / 37.78333°N 80.45000°W |
| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Built | 1844 |
| Built by | Dunn, John W. |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival, Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 79002576[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 19, 1979 |
Tuscawilla, also known as Knight Farm and Edward Dana Knight Farm, is a historic home located near Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It was built in 1844, and is an L-shaped brick house with a five-bay front facing west. The facade has both Federal and Neo-Classical design elements. It features a one-story portico with modified Doric order columns centered at the front elevation. Several additions were made to the house after 1920.[2]
It was built by John W. Dunn, "a noted contractor-architect" of the Greenbrier Valley region, and "is viewed as among the most significant houses" of the region.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b C.E. Turley (January 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Tuscawilla" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Federal architecture in West Virginia
- Neoclassical architecture in West Virginia
- Houses completed in 1844
- Houses in Greenbrier County, West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Greenbrier County, West Virginia
- Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- John W. Dunn buildings
- Buildings and structures in Lewisburg, West Virginia
- New River Greenbrier Registered Historic Place stubs