Elmhurst (Wellsburg, West Virginia)

Elmhurst
Elmhurst, April 2011
Location: 1606 Pleasant Ave., Wellsburg, West Virginia
Area: 3.3 acres (1.3 ha)
Built: 1848
Architectural style: Greek Revival
Governing body: Private
MPS: Pleasant Avenue MRA
NRHP Reference#:

86001072

[1]
Added to NRHP: May 16, 1986

Elmhurst, also known as the William H. Tarr House or William and Carol Lynn Residence, is a historic country home located at Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia. It was built in 1848, and is a two story, five bay, rectangular brick dwelling with a hipped roof in the Greek Revival style. It sits on a stone ashlar foundation and features a single bay portico with a hipped roof supported by Tuscan order columns. Also on the property is a contributing small barn.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ Hiram J. Lester (September 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Elmhurst". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/brooke/86001072.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-23.