David and Lucy Tarr Fleming Mansion

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David and Lucy Tarr Fleming Mansion
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David and Lucy Tarr Fleming Mansion approach, April 2011
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Location2000 Pleasant Ave., Wellsburg, West Virginia
Coordinates 40°16′55″N80°36′20″W / 40.28194°N 80.60556°W / 40.28194; -80.60556
Area4.5 acres (1.8 ha)
Built1845
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPS Pleasant Avenue MRA
NRHP reference No. 86001073 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 16, 1986

David and Lucy Tarr Fleming Mansion, also known as the Oxtoby Mansion, is a historic home located at Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia. It was built in 1845, and is a 2+12-story, five-bay, rectangular brick dwelling with a hipped roof in the Greek Revival style. It sits on a stone ashlar foundation and features a full-length portico with a hipped roof supported by six Ionic order columns. Also on the property are a contributing garage and carriage house. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [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. Hiram J. Lester (September 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: David and Lucy Tarr Fleming Mansion" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-23.