Canty House

Canty House
Location WV 25, Institute, West Virginia
Coordinates 38°22′57″N 81°45′48″W / 38.38250°N 81.76333°WCoordinates: 38°22′57″N 81°45′48″W / 38.38250°N 81.76333°W
Area 0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built 1900
Architectural style Classical Revival
Governing body State
NRHP Reference # 88001587[1]
Added to NRHP September 23, 1988

Canty House, also known as "The Magnolia," is a historic home located on the campus of West Virginia State University at Institute, Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was built about 1900, as a simply designed, two-story frame farm house. In 1923, it was remodeled to its present form in the Classical Revival style. It has flanking two-story side galleries and a center pedimented pavilion. It features a two-story portico supported by two Corinthian order columns. It was originally the home of "Colonel" James Munroe Canty, one of the early instructors at the West Virginia Colored Institute.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. Dr. Ancella Radford Bickley (May 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Canty House". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-05.