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Chafin House
Location: 581 Main St., Logan, West Virginia Coordinates: 37°50′40″N 81°59′10″W / 37.84444°N 81.98611°WCoordinates: 37°50′40″N 81°59′10″W / 37.84444°N 81.98611°W Area: less than one acre Built: 1920 Architect: Hurst, Frank Architectural style: Shingle Style Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 94000217
[1]Added to NRHP: March 28, 1994 Chafin House, also known as Women's Club of Logan Library, is a historic home located at Logan, Logan County, West Virginia. The house was built about 1900, and is a two story, brick and frame dwelling a generous raised foundation of rock-faced ashlar. It has a cross-gabled roof with a gambrel front and large dormers on the sides. The house was deeded to the Women's Club of Logan in 1946, and has served as the local public library since then. It was the home of Sheriff Don Chafin, the infamous "Czar of Logan" and the leader of defending forces in the Battle of Blair Mountain (1921).[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Carl F. Aasten, Jr. (January 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Chafin House". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/logan/94000217.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
U.S. National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Lists by county Barbour • Berkeley • Boone • Braxton • Brooke • Cabell • Calhoun • Clay • Doddridge • Fayette • Gilmer • Grant • Greenbrier • Hampshire • Hancock • Hardy • Harrison • Jackson • Jefferson • Kanawha • Lewis • Lincoln • Logan • Marion • Marshall • Mason • McDowell • Mercer • Mineral • Mingo • Monongalia • Monroe • Morgan • Nicholas • Ohio • Pendleton • Pleasants • Pocahontas • Preston • Putnam • Raleigh • Randolph • Ritchie • Roane • Summers • Taylor • Tucker • Tyler • Upshur • Wayne • Webster • Wetzel • Wirt • Wood • Wyoming
Other lists Keeper of the Register • History of the National Register of Historic Places • Property types • Historic district • Contributing property Categories:- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Houses completed in 1900
- Buildings and structures in Logan County, West Virginia
- West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
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