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Cox-Parks House
Cox-Parks House, April 2009
Location: 710 Myrtle Rd., Charleston, West Virginia Coordinates: 38°20′47″N 81°38′43″W / 38.34639°N 81.64528°WCoordinates: 38°20′47″N 81°38′43″W / 38.34639°N 81.64528°W Area: 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) Built: 1925 Architectural style: Prairie School, Bungaloid Governing body: Private MPS: South Hills MRA NRHP Reference#: 84000400[1] Added to NRHP: October 26, 1984 Cox-Parks House is a historic home located at Charleston, West Virginia. Emma Cox, the wife of Frank Cox, leader of several coal companies in the Kanawha Valley, had this home built for herself in about 1925 when she gave the old "Home Hill" to her daughter's family. It is an elaborate bungalow in the Prairie School-style. The exterior features clean white stucco and green tile and a double entrance and flanking double windows, housed by a recessed porch.[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-Parks 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/84000400.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
- Buildings and structures in Charleston, West Virginia
- 1925 architecture
- Prairie School architecture in West Virginia
- Bungalow architecture in West Virginia
- Houses in Kanawha County, West Virginia
- West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
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