Anna Jarvis House

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Anna Jarvis House
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LocationU.S. Routes 119 and 250, Webster, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°17′37″N80°2′39″W / 39.29361°N 80.04417°W / 39.29361; -80.04417
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1854
Architectural styleI-House
NRHP reference No. 79002601 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 29, 1979

Anna Jarvis House is a historic home located at Webster in Taylor County, West Virginia, United States. It was built in 1854, and is a frame I-house. It is notable as the birthplace of Anna Jarvis, founder of Mother's Day, and as General George B. McClellan's first field headquarters during his 1861 western Virginia campaign. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ James E. Harding (January 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Anna Jarvis House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
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