Shumaker-Lewis House

Shumaker-Lewis House
Location: Brown St., Mason, West Virginia
Area: less than one acre
Built: c. 1885
Governing body: Local
NRHP Reference#: 79002589[1]
Added to NRHP: March 26, 1979

Shumaker-Lewis House, also known as Virgil A. Lewis House, is a historic home located at Mason, Mason County, West Virginia. It was built about 1885, and is a two story Victorian-era frame cottage. It features a two tier Eastlake Movement style porch. It was the home of Virgil A. Lewis (1848-1912), the first State Historian and Archivist of West Virginia, 1905-1912. It is the headquarters of the Mason City Historical Society.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[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 (October 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Shumaker-Lewis House". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/mason/79002589.pdf. Retrieved 2011-08-05. 

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