Walton Wait House

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Walton Wait House
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Location1232 Murdoch Ave., Parkersburg, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°16′27″N81°33′19″W / 39.27417°N 81.55528°W / 39.27417; -81.55528
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Italianate
MPS Downtown Parkersburg MRA
NRHP reference No. 82001793 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 10, 1982

Walton Wait House was a historic home located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built between about 1860 and 1870, and is a two-story, frame house in a transitional Greek Revival / Italianate style. It has a gable roof with an intersecting side gable. It was moved to its present location about 1924, with the former front facade now oriented to the rear. [2]

Photo in 2015 of former site of the house Walton Wait House site.jpg
Photo in 2015 of former site of the house

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [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. Eliza Smith and Christina Mann (December 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Walton Wait House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-15.