Holly Grove Mansion

Holly Grove Mansion
Holly Grove Mansion, April 2009
Location: 1710 E. Kanawha Blvd., Charleston, West Virginia
Built: 1815
Governing body: State
NRHP Reference#:

74002007

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Added to NRHP: August 28, 1974

Holly Grove Mansion, also known as Holly Grove Inn or Ruffner Mansion, is a historic home located at Charleston, West Virginia on the grounds of the West Virginia State Capitol. It is a large brick house with a front section made to accommodate three floors and rear section housing two. It features a massive two story, semi-circular portico at the front entrance. It was constructed originally in 1815 as the home of Daniel Ruffner, one of a family which helped develop the early salt industry in the Kanawha Valley. It gained its present day appearance in about 1902 when new owner, John Nash, undertook substantial remodeling.[2] In 1979, the mansion underwent an extensive rehabilitation when it became headquarters for the West Virginia Commission on Aging.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

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