Frank and Anna Hunter House, also known as Pocohontas County Museum, is a historic home located at Marlinton, Pocahontas County, West Virginia. It was built in 1903, and is a two-story, square frame dwelling. The house has a hipped roof with dormers and crowned with a captain's walk. The front elevation features Victorian-Gothic "icing" ornamentation. Also on the property is a log cabin built about 1850 and moved to the property from nearby Beards Mountain. The Pocohontas County Historical Society purchased the property for use as a museum in 1963.[2]
Frank and Anna Hunter House | |
 Front of the house | |
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| Location | U.S. 219, Marlinton, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°13′14″N 80°6′3″W / 38.22056°N 80.10083°W |
| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Built | 1903 |
| NRHP reference No. | 76001945[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 13, 1976 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ C.E. Turley and James E. Harding (August 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Frank and Anna Hunter House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
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