Elven C. Smith House

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Elven C. Smith House
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Location210 Little Oak St., Williamson, West Virginia
Coordinates 37°40′39″N82°16′39″W / 37.67750°N 82.27750°W / 37.67750; -82.27750 Coordinates: 37°40′39″N82°16′39″W / 37.67750°N 82.27750°W / 37.67750; -82.27750
Area2.3 acres (0.93 ha)
Built1938
Architect Hassel T. Hicks
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No. 02000899 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 22, 2002

Elven C. Smith House is a historic home located at Williamson, Mingo County, West Virginia. It was built in 1938, in a Neo-Classical Revival / Georgian Revival style. It is a red brick building with a hipped roof and features a two-story, flat roofed portico supported by fluted columns. Also on the property is a stone retaining wall and monumental stairway in the landscaped gardens. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [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. John R. Carlin and Alan R. Rowe (May 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Elven C. Smith House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-09.