Mountain Home, also known as Locust Hill and Robert Dickson House, is a historic home located near White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It was built about 1833, and is a large, two-story brick dwelling with a kitchen ell. It features a two-story, one-bay lunette-adorned pediment with plastered brick Doric order paired columns. It has Late Federal and Roman Revival elements on both the exterior and interior.[2][3]
Mountain Home | |
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| Location | Southwest of White Sulphur Springs on U.S. Route 60, near White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°46′24″N 80°21′10″W / 37.77333°N 80.35278°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | c. 1833 |
| Built by | Dunn, John W.; Burgess, Conrad |
| Architectural style | Federal, Roman Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 80004020[1] (original) 100005944 (increase) |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 28, 1980 |
| Boundary increase | December 23, 2020 |
It was built by "Greenbrier Valley master builder" John W. Dunn and includes mantels and other woodwork done by master wood-carver Conrad Burgess.[2] Morlunda (Greenbrier County, West Virginia) is another of their joint works.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980,[1] with a boundary increase in 2020.
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Rodney S. Collins and C.E. Turley (July 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mountain Home" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
- ^ Rogers, Stephen T. (May 4, 2020). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Mountain Home (Additional Documentation and Boundary Increase)" (PDF). West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History. National Park Service. Retrieved 1 October 2024.