Rush-Miller House

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Rush-Miller House
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LocationOn WV 45, near Smoketown, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°27′14″N77°54′9″W / 39.45389°N 77.90250°W / 39.45389; -77.90250 Coordinates: 39°27′14″N77°54′9″W / 39.45389°N 77.90250°W / 39.45389; -77.90250
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built1810
ArchitectRush, William; Miller, Jacob
Architectural styleRomanesque, Federal
NRHP reference No. 85001521 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 8, 1985

Rush-Miller House is a historic home located near Smoketown, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It is a two-story, "L"-shaped, stone dwelling with a gable roof. It is five bays wide and three bays deep. The rear ell was built about 1810 in the Federal style. The front two-story section was added about 1873. It is five bays wide and is of pounded rubble limestone in the Romanesque style. Also on the property is a stone bank barn (1909), stone and frame smoke house, and a stone springhouse. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [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. Frances D. Ruth (September 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Rush-Miller House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-02.