William Gaston Caperton Jr. House
William Gaston Caperton Jr. House | |
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Nearest city | WV 3 east of Union, near Union, West Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°35′33″N 80°30′47″W / 37.59250°N 80.51306°W |
Area | 15 acres (6.1 ha) |
Built | 1773 |
Architectural style | Greek Revival, Georgian |
NRHP reference No. | 91001733[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 21, 1991 |
William Gaston Caperton Jr. House, also known as "Wyndridge," is a historic home and national historic district located near Union, Monroe County, West Virginia. The district includes nine contributing buildings. The main house was built in 1872, and is a large, almost square, two-story hipped roof Georgian plan house. The front facade features a one-story portico that is Greek Revival in form. The 1872 house incorporates two two-story late 18th century log structures and the early pioneer 1773 Blanton House. Also on the property are the contributing log ice house and log smoke house, barn with vertical siding, a cattle scales and a machine shed, carriage shed, and a shed. Gaston Caperton, who served as Governor of West Virginia from 1989 to 1997, is a descendant of William Gaston Caperton Jr.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Ronald L. Ripley (July 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: William Gaston Caperton Jr. House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Georgian architecture in West Virginia
- Greek Revival houses in West Virginia
- Houses completed in 1773
- Houses in Monroe County, West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, West Virginia
- Historic districts in Monroe County, West Virginia
- Caperton family of Virginia and West Virginia
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Log buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- New River Greenbrier Registered Historic Place stubs