Middle Mountain Cabins

Middle Mountain Cabins
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Main Cabin in 2008
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Nearest city	Eastern side of Middle Mountain Rd. at Camp Five Run, Monongahela National Forest, near Wymer, West Virginia
Coordinates	38°41′18″N79°44′3″W / 38.68833°N 79.73417°W / 38.68833; -79.73417
Area	3.2 acres (1.3 ha)
Built	1931
Built by	Donald R. Gaudineer
Architectural style	Rustic
NRHP reference No.	90001447 [1]
Added to NRHP	September 27, 1990

Middle Mountain Cabins are a set of three historic cabins located in the Monongahela National Forest near Wymer, Randolph County, West Virginia. They were built in 1931, and consist of the Main Cabin and Cabins 1 and 2. The Main Cabin is a one-story, rectangular, stained log building measuring approximately 22 feet by 20 feet. It has a gable roof and full-length porch. Cabins 1 and 2 are mirror-images of each other. They are one-story, frame buildings with gable roofs measuring approximately 25 feet by 14 feet. They were built to provide quarters for fire lookouts and to serve as a base for conducting other Forest Service operations. ^[2] They have since been converted for recreational use, and are available for rental as a group. ^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Glenn A. Ceponis (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Middle Mountain Cabins" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
3. "Monongahela National Forest: Middle Mountain Cabins". U.S. Forest Service . Retrieved August 12, 2012.