Levi Shinn House is a historic home located at Shinnston, Harrison County, West Virginia. It is a log dwelling built in 1778, and measuring 37 feet long and 20 feet deep. It features a large interior chimney, providing fireplaces for several of the interior rooms. It is the oldest standing house in north central West Virginia. It was acquired in 1972 by the Shinnston Historical Association and is sometimes open to the public.[2]
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| Location | Clarksburg Rd. (U.S. 19), Shinnston, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 39°23′13″N 80°18′40″W / 39.38694°N 80.31111°W |
| Area | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) |
| Built | 1778 |
| Built by | Levi Shinn |
| Architectural style | log building |
| NRHP reference No. | 73001907[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 16, 1973 |
The house was the residence of Levi Shinn, the namesake of Shinnston.[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Jack Sandy Anderson (March 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Levi Shinn House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
- ^ Capace, Nancy (1999). Encyclopedia of West Virginia. North American Book Dist LLC. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-403-09843-9.
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