Gen. Albert Gallatin Jenkins House

Gen. Albert Gallatin Jenkins House
Gen. Albert Gallatin Jenkins House, July 2006
Location 8814 Ohio River Rd., near Green Bottom, West Virginia
Coordinates 38°35′12″N 82°14′58″W / 38.58667°N 82.24944°WCoordinates: 38°35′12″N 82°14′58″W / 38.58667°N 82.24944°W
Area 4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built 1835
Architectural style Federal
NRHP Reference #

78002791

[1]
Added to NRHP May 22, 1978

Gen. Albert Gallatin Jenkins House, also known as "Green Bottom," is a historic home located near Green Bottom, Cabell County, West Virginia. It was built about 1835, and is a 2 1/2 story, rectangular, brick dwelling in a late period Federal style. It sits on a sandstone foundation and the interior has a center hall, single pile plan. The most prominent resident was 1850s lawyer and politician Albert Gallatin Jenkins (1830-1864).[2] The house is open as a museum operated by the West Virginia Division of Culture and History.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. ↑ James E. Harding (October 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Gen. Albert Gallatin Jenkins House". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-23.

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