Elmhurst, also known as The Caldwell Place, is a historic inn and tavern located at Caldwell, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It was built in 1824 on the banks of the Greenbrier River near where a toll bridge for the James River and Kanawha Turnpike replaced a ferry crossing in 1821. It is a two-story red brick building, consisting of a 50-foot-wide (15 m) by 50-foot-deep (15 m) main section and a 50-foot (15 m) by 25-foot (7.6 m) ell. It features a two-story open portico supported by four square columns and capped by an ornamental stepped gable. The listing also includes three contributing frame dependencies, a gravel approach driveway, an early 20th-century stone wall, and a portion of the original road bed of the James River and Kanawha Turnpike.[2]
Elmhurst | |
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| Location | U.S. 60 at the Greenbrier R., Caldwell, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°46′50″N 80°23′47″W / 37.78056°N 80.39639°W |
| Area | 6 acres (2.4 ha) |
| Built | 1824 |
| NRHP reference No. | 75001887, 90001846[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 5, 1975, December 20, 1990 (Boundary Increase) |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, and a boundary increase was added in 1990.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ C.E. Turley and James E. Harding (April 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Elmhurst and Boundary Increase" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-31.