- Middle Mountain Cabins
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Middle Mountain Cabins
Main Cabin in 2008
Nearest city: Eastern side of Middle Mountain Rd. at Camp Five Run, Monongahela National Forest, near Wymer, West Virginia Coordinates: 38°41′18″N 79°44′3″W / 38.68833°N 79.73417°WCoordinates: 38°41′18″N 79°44′3″W / 38.68833°N 79.73417°W Area: 3.2 acres (1.3 ha) Built: 1931 Architectural style: Other, Rustic Governing body: Federal NRHP Reference#: 90001447[1] Added to NRHP: September 27, 1990 Middle Mountain Cabins are a set of three historic cabins located in the Monongahela National Forest near Wymer, Randolph County, West Virginia. They were built in 1931, and consist of the Main Cabin and Cabins 1 and 2. The Main Cabin is a one-story, rectangular, stained log building measuring approximately 22 feet by 20 feet. It has a gable roof and full-length porch. Cabins 1 and 2 are mirror-images of each other. They are one-story, frame buildings with gable roofs measuring approximately 25 feet by 14 feet. They were built to provide quarters for fire lookouts and to serve as a base for conducting other Forest Service operations. They have since been converted for recreational use.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Glenn A. Ceponis (undated). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Middle Mountain Cabins". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/randolph/90001447.pdf. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
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 Categories:- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Buildings and structures completed in 1931
- Buildings and structures in Randolph County, West Virginia
- West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
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