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Cox-Morton House
Cox-Morton House, April 2009
Location: 640 Holley Rd., Charleston, West Virginia Coordinates: 38°20′51″N 81°38′41″W / 38.3475°N 81.64472°WCoordinates: 38°20′51″N 81°38′41″W / 38.3475°N 81.64472°W Area: 3.1 acres (1.3 ha) Built: 1902 Architect: Calderwood,Andrew Architectural style: American Four Square Governing body: Private MPS: South Hills MRA NRHP Reference#: 84000399[1] Added to NRHP: October 26, 1984 Cox-Morton House, also known as Home Hall, is a historic home located at Charleston, West Virginia. It was built in 1902, for Frank Cox, secretary of Republic Coal Co., the West Virginia Colliery Co., and the Carbon Coal Co. He was known in West Virginia as the "Great Wildcatter". His daughter Alice Boyd Cox married James Morton of the Morton Coal Co. It is an American Foursquare-style house. It features a ballustrated terrace around two sides of the house and a doric portico, added in the 1920s.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 as part of the South Hills Multiple Resource Area.[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.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form". Cox-Morton House. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. 2009-04-04. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/kanawha/84000399.pdf.
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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
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