Lucy Tarr Mansion, also known as "Highland Place" and Nellie Little House, is a historic home located at Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia. It was built in 1885, and is a 2+1⁄2-story brick dwelling with highly pitched roofs and richly appointed porches in the Queen Anne style. It features a three-story tower with a pyramidal roof covered in fishscale slate. It also has a one-story, ell shaped verandah with turned columns. Also on the property is a contributing barn / garage.[2]
Lucy Tarr Mansion | |
 Lucy Tarr Mansion, April 2011 | |
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| Location | 1456 Pleasant Ave., Wellsburg, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 40°16′40″N 80°36′24″W / 40.27778°N 80.60667°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1885 |
| Architect | Tarr, Ellen Hunter |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| MPS | Pleasant Avenue MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 86001076 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 16, 1986 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
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Lucy Tarr Mansion from the northwest, April 2011 -
Lucy Tarr Mansion from the southwest, April 2011
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Hiram J. Lester (September 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lucy Tarr Mansion" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
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