Samuel Gwinn Plantation

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Samuel Gwinn Plantation
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Plantation house
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Nearest city Lowell, West Virginia
Coordinates 37°38′55″N80°43′35″W / 37.64861°N 80.72639°W / 37.64861; -80.72639 Coordinates: 37°38′55″N80°43′35″W / 37.64861°N 80.72639°W / 37.64861; -80.72639
Area3.8 acres (1.5 ha)
Built1770
ArchitectSilas F. Taylor
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Italianate
NRHP reference No. 88002956 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 8, 1989

The Samuel Gwinn Plantation is a historic plantation in Lowell, West Virginia. The main house was built in circa 1868, although the plantation was begun in the late 18th Century, with secondary structures, such as the meat curing house, dating to the 1770s. [2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 8, 1989.

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form