Shumaker-Lewis House
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| Location | Brown St., Mason, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 39°1′9″N 82°1′53″W / 39.01917°N 82.03139°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | c. 1885 |
| NRHP reference No. | 79002589[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 26, 1979 |
Shumaker-Lewis House, also known as Virgil A. Lewis House, is a historic home located at Mason, Mason County, West Virginia. It was built about 1885, and is a two story Victorian-era frame cottage. It features a two tier Eastlake Movement style porch. It was the home of Virgil A. Lewis (1848-1912), the first State Historian and Archivist of West Virginia, 1905-1912. It is the headquarters of the Mason City Historical Society.[2]
Due partially to lack of maintenance, the house is in generally poor repair and is no longer open to visitors. Plans are currently being made to move the house to the grounds of the WV State Farm Museum in the fall of 2013. If successfully moved, it will be restored and re-opened to public visitation.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Rodney S. Collins (October 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Shumaker-Lewis House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
External links
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Houses completed in 1885
- Houses in Mason County, West Virginia
- Stick-Eastlake architecture in West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Mason County, West Virginia
- Victorian architecture in West Virginia
- West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs