Johnson Camden McKinley House

Johnson Camden McKinley House
Johnson Camden McKinley House, April 2010
Location: 147 Bethany Pike, Wheeling, West Virginia
Area: 4.5 acres (1.8 ha)
Built: 1914-1920
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#: 83003251[1]
Added to NRHP: August 18, 1983

Johnson Camden McKinley House, also known as "Willow Glen," is a historic home located at Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. It was built between 1914 and 1920, and is a 1 1/2-story massive dwelling built of ashlar sandstone. It consists of two wings that meet at right angles to form an "L" shaped building. The front elevation features a balustraded, one-story loggia that encloses a broad verandah above the piazza. The interior has a two-story entrance rotunda, a grand salon, an English-style library and 30 or so additional chambers. The house was built for coal baron Johnson Camden McKinley and his wife Agra Bennett McKinley.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[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. ^ Rodney S. Collins (June 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Johnson Camden McKinley House". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/ohio/83003251.pdf. Retrieved 2011-08-31.