Foster Memorial Home

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Foster Memorial Home
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Location700 Madison Ave., Huntington, West Virginia
Coordinates 38°24′46″N82°28′0″W / 38.41278°N 82.46667°W / 38.41278; -82.46667
Area1.6 acres (0.65 ha)
Built1924
ArchitectDay, R.L. & Sidney L.; Harer, C.W.
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 00001311 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 27, 2001

Foster Memorial Home is a historic sanatorium located at Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia. It was built in 1924 to serve as a home for elderly widows. It is a three-story, dark red brick building with limestone trim in the Colonial Revival style. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Gordon Ingerson (July 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Foster Memorial Home" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-23.