Frank and Anna Hunter House

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
Frank and Anna Hunter House is located in West Virginia
Frank and Anna Hunter House
Frank and Anna Hunter House is located in the United States
Frank and Anna Hunter House
LocationU.S. 219, Marlinton, West Virginia
Coordinates38°13′14″N 80°6′3″W
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built1903
NRHP reference No.76001945[1]
Added to NRHPMay 13, 1976

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 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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