Shaw House (Fairmont, West Virginia)

Shaw House
Location 425 Morgantown Ave., Fairmont, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°28′50″N 80°7′56.1″W / 39.48056°N 80.132250°W / 39.48056; -80.132250Coordinates: 39°28′50″N 80°7′56.1″W / 39.48056°N 80.132250°W / 39.48056; -80.132250
Area 2.4 acres (0.97 ha)
Built 1919
Built by Alex. MacElwee
Architect Jones & Nuzum
Architectural style Tudor Revival
NRHP Reference # 88001461[1]
Added to NRHP September 14, 1988

Shaw House is a historic home and national historic district located at Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia. The district includes two contributing buildings and two contributing structures. The main house was built in 1919, and is a 2 1/2 story dwelling in the Tudor Revival style. It features brick and stucco wall cladding punctuated with simulated half-timbering, and tall chimney stacks. Also on the property are a contributing garage, well house, and entrance pavilion. The house was built for Harry Shaw (1872 - 1952), a noted attorney and jurist of the early 20th century in north-central West Virginia.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Rodney S. Collins (May 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Shaw House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-05.


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