Rohrbaugh Cabin

Rohrbaugh Cabin — also known as Allegheny Cabin — is a historic log cabin located on the eastern slope of North Fork Mountain near Petersburg, Grant County, West Virginia, USA.

Rohrbaugh Cabin
Rohrbaugh Cabin is located in West Virginia
Rohrbaugh Cabin
Rohrbaugh Cabin is located in the United States
Rohrbaugh Cabin
LocationSmokehole Rd. (County Route 28/11), 3 miles south of junction with WV 28/WV 55, Monongahela National Forest, near Petersburg, West Virginia
Coordinates38°57′20″N 79°14′31″W
Area4.3 acres (1.7 ha)
Builtc. 1880
Architectural styleVernacular, Log
NRHP reference No.93000490 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 3, 1993

Rohrbaugh Cabin was built about 1880, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, "double pen" plan log house built of tulip poplar logs. It measures 26 feet, two inches long, and 16 feet, 6 inches, deep. Also on the property are a frame storage shed, a log animal pen, stone springhouse remains, and portions of the original Smokehole roadbed.[2]

Rohrbaugh Cabin was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. C. Richard Bierce (January 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Rohrbaugh Cabin" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-20.


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