Lucy Tarr Mansion

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Lucy Tarr Mansion
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Lucy Tarr Mansion, April 2011
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Location1456 Pleasant Ave., Wellsburg, West Virginia
Coordinates 40°16′40″N80°36′24″W / 40.27778°N 80.60667°W / 40.27778; -80.60667 Coordinates: 40°16′40″N80°36′24″W / 40.27778°N 80.60667°W / 40.27778; -80.60667
Arealess than one acre
Built1885
ArchitectTarr, Ellen Hunter
Architectural styleQueen Anne
MPS Pleasant Avenue MRA
NRHP reference No. 86001076 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 16, 1986

Lucy Tarr Mansion, also known as "Highland Place" and Nellie Little House, is a historic home located at Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia. It was built in 1885, and is a 2+12-story brick dwelling with highly pitched roofs and richly appointed porches in the Queen Anne style. It features a three-story tower with a pyramidal roof covered in fishscale slate. It also has a one-story, ell shaped verandah with turned columns. Also on the property is a contributing barn / garage. [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: Lucy Tarr Mansion" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-23.