Frank and Anna Hunter House

Frank and Anna Hunter House
Location: U.S. 219, Marlinton, West Virginia
Area: 5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built: 1903
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#: 76001945[1]
Added to NRHP: May 13, 1976

Frank and Anna Hunter House, also known as Pocohontas County Museum, is a historic home located at Marlinton, Pocahontas County, West Virginia. It was built in 1903, and is a two-story, square frame dwelling. The house has a hipped roof with dormers and crowned with a captain's walk. The front elevation features Victorian-Gothic "icing" ornamentation. Also on the property is a log cabin built about 1850 and moved to the property from nearby Beards Mountain. The Pocohontas County Historical Society purchased the property for use as a museum in 1963.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ C.E. Turley and James E. Harding (August 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Frank and Anna Hunter House". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/pocahontas/76001945.pdf. Retrieved 2011-09-01.