Fairview (Burlington, West Virginia)
Appearance
Fairview | |
Location | Junction of Patterson Creek Dr. and Russelldale Rds., near Burlington, West Virginia |
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Coordinates | 39°20′9″N 78°56′11″W / 39.33583°N 78.93639°W |
Area | 15 acres (6.1 ha) |
Built | 1833 |
Architect | John T. Peerce |
Architectural style | Greek Revival, Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 92001631[1] |
Added to NRHP | December 7, 1992 |
"Fairview", also known as the Peerce Home Place, Peerce House, and Rural Retreat, is a historic home and national historic district located near Burlington, Mineral County, West Virginia. The district includes seven contributing buildings and one contributing site. The main house was most likely built in the 1860s. It is a two-story, square brick dwelling with a rectangular wing in a transitional Federal-Greek Revival style. It has a hipped roof, capped by a cupola and a one-story portico with painted wooden Ionic order columns. Also on the property are a contributing log cabin (c. 1800) and a number of farm-related outbuildings.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Beth Ann Spyrison (April 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Fairview" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Historic districts in Mineral County, West Virginia
- Federal architecture in West Virginia
- Greek Revival houses in West Virginia
- Houses completed in 1833
- Houses in Mineral County, West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Mineral County, West Virginia
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Potomac Highlands Registered Historic Place stubs