Anna Jarvis House

Anna Jarvis House
Location U.S. Routes 119 and 250, Webster, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°17′37″N 80°2′39″W / 39.29361°N 80.04417°W / 39.29361; -80.04417Coordinates: 39°17′37″N 80°2′39″W / 39.29361°N 80.04417°W / 39.29361; -80.04417
Area 1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built 1854
Architectural style I-House
NRHP Reference #

79002601

[1]
Added to NRHP May 29, 1979

Anna Jarvis House is a historic home located at Webster in Taylor County, West Virginia, United States. It was built in 1854, and is a frame I-house. It is notable as the birthplace of Anna Jarvis, founder of Mother's Day, and as General George B. McClellan's first field headquarters during his 1861 western Virginia campaign.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ James E. Harding (January 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Anna Jarvis House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-09.


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