James Clark McGrew House

James Clark McGrew House, also known as the Gibson Property, is a historic home located at Kingwood, Preston County, West Virginia. The house consists of a large main two-story block and a low two-story ell. The oldest section is the northern ell, built in 1841. The main block was built about 1870. Also on the property are a contributing two-story barn/outbuilding connected to the house with a breezeway and a two-story Gothic Revival barn/carriage house. The house was built by James McGrew (1813 – 1910), a founding father of West Virginia.[2]

James Clark McGrew House
Location109 E. Main St., Kingwood, West Virginia
Coordinates39°28′20″N 79°41′11″W
Area2.8 acres (1.1 ha)
Architectural styleItalianate, Federal, Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.93000618[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 9, 1993

It 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. July 9, 2010.
  2. Rosemary Bernatowicz (March 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: James Clark McGrew House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-01.


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