William Gaston Caperton Jr. House

	William Gaston Caperton Jr. House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	Property entrance
Nearest city	WV 3 east of Union, near Union, West Virginia
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
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

^ ^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.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[dhr-2] 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.

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