Cox-Parks House

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Cox-Parks House
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Cox-Parks House, April 2009
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Location710 Myrtle Rd., Charleston, West Virginia
Coordinates 38°20′47″N81°38′43″W / 38.34639°N 81.64528°W / 38.34639; -81.64528 Coordinates: 38°20′47″N81°38′43″W / 38.34639°N 81.64528°W / 38.34639; -81.64528
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1925
Architectural stylePrairie School, Bungaloid
MPS South Hills MRA
NRHP reference No. 84000400 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 26, 1984

Cox-Parks House is a historic home located at Charleston, West Virginia. Emma Cox, the wife of Frank Cox, leader of several coal companies in the Kanawha Valley, had this home built for herself in about 1925 when she gave the old "Home Hill" to her daughter's family. It is an elaborate bungalow in the Prairie School-style. The exterior features clean white stucco and green tile and a double entrance and flanking double windows, housed by a recessed porch. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 as part of the South Hills Multiple Resource Area. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "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). Cox-Parks House. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. 2009-04-04.