Hackney House

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Hackney House
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Location89 Kingwood St., Morgantown, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°37′39″N79°57′8″W / 39.62750°N 79.95222°W / 39.62750; -79.95222
Arealess than one acre
Built1892
Built bySamuel B. Hackney
Architectural style Queen Anne
NRHP reference No. 99000789 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 1, 1999

Hackney House, also known as Hackney Place, is a historic home located at Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. The original section was built in 1892, and is a square, 2+12-story balloon frame structure with a Queen Anne style entrance porch. A two-story, square addition was added shortly after the original construction. It sits on a cut sandstone foundation. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. It is located in the Greenmont Historic District, listed in 2005. [1]

The historic house is currently a local bakery.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Kris M. Knowles (February 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hackney House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-18.