Wallace Estill Sr. House
Wallace Estill Sr. House | |
 The house in 2022 | |
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| Nearest city | Union, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°31′34″N 80°37′43″W / 37.52611°N 80.62861°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1773 |
| Architect | Wallace Estille Sr. |
| NRHP reference No. | 84003634[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 9, 1984 |
Wallace Estill Sr. House, also known as the Old Stone House, is a historic home located near Union, Monroe County, West Virginia. It was built in 1773, is of stone and frame construction. The stone part measures 20 feet, 6 inches, by 25 feet, 6 inches. The house has two stone chimneys from which three fireplaces and two flues for woodstoves are provided. It is a good example of pioneer architecture. The house is the ancestral home of United States Senator Chuck Robb as his grandmother, Susan Gay Estill, was the great-granddaughter of its owner Isaac Estill.[2]
Wallace Estill's son, Captain James Estill, was a Kentucky militia officer during the Revolutionary War, after whom Estill County, Kentucky was named. Captain Estill was killed at the Battle of Little Mountain, also known as Estill's Defeat, during the Revolutionary War.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Adonna Dowdy (October 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wallace Estill Sr. House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
- Colonial architecture in West Virginia
- Houses completed in 1773
- Houses in Monroe County, West Virginia
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Stone houses in West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, West Virginia
- New River Greenbrier Registered Historic Place stubs