Nicholls House and Woolen Mill Site

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Nicholls House and Woolen Mill Site
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William T. Nicholls House, April 2011
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LocationWV 67, Wellsburg-Bethany Pike, overlooking Buffalo Cr., Wellsburg, West Virginia
Coordinates 40°15′27″N80°36′3″W / 40.25750°N 80.60083°W / 40.25750; -80.60083 Coordinates: 40°15′27″N80°36′3″W / 40.25750°N 80.60083°W / 40.25750; -80.60083
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1795, 1893
Architectural styleSecond Empire
NRHP reference No. 97001416 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 13, 1997

Nicholls House and Woolen Mill Site is a historic home and mill site located near Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia. The house was built in 1893, and is a 2+12-story, red-glazed brick building in the Second Empire style. It has a tower and mansard roof. It features a full front porch with Doric order columns in the Colonial Revival style. The property also includes the site of a mill used for carding and manufacturing woolens dating to 1795. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [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. Katherine M. Jourdan and Paula Hamilton (August 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Nicholls House and Woolen Mill Site" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-23.