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Col. Henry Hewitt Wood House

Coordinates: 38°18′0″N 81°33′46″W / 38.30000°N 81.56278°W / 38.30000; -81.56278
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Col. Henry Hewitt Wood House
Col. Henry Hewitt Wood House is located in West Virginia
Col. Henry Hewitt Wood House
Col. Henry Hewitt Wood House is located in the United States
Col. Henry Hewitt Wood House
Location6560 Roosevelt Ave., SE, Charleston, West Virginia
Coordinates38°18′0″N 81°33′46″W / 38.30000°N 81.56278°W / 38.30000; -81.56278
Built1829
NRHP reference No.80004027 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 28, 1980

Col. Henry Hewitt Wood House is a historic home located at Charleston, West Virginia. It is a two-story, white- painted brick house was formerly the seat of a large farmland and built in 1829-31 for Colonel Henry Hewitt Wood, a leading saltmaker. It is a slightly modified L-shaped dwelling. The major elevation facing the Kanawha River is symmetrically divided among five bays and is centered with an especially broad entrance.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form" (PDF). Col. Henry Hewitt Wood House. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. 2009-04-04.