Henry Gassaway Davis House

Historic house in West Virginia, United States

United States historic place


Henry Gassaway Davis Mansion
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


39°28′55″N 79°2′59″W / 39.48194°N 79.04972°W / 39.48194; -79.04972
Area	less than one acre
Built	1871
Built by	E.J. Fredlock Manufacturing Co.
Architectural style	Second Empire
NRHP reference No.	08001239^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 19, 2008

Henry Gassaway Davis House, also known as the Knights of Pythias Lafayette Lodge, No. 3, and Calanthe Temple, No. 8, Pythian Sisters, is a historic home located at Piedmont, Mineral County, West Virginia. It was built in 1871, for U.S. Senator and vice presidential nominee Henry G. Davis (1823–1916). It is a three-bay, four-story Second Empire style brick duplex. It has a simple mansard roof and 12 gabled pedimented dormer windows on the concave slopes. The front façade features dual stone-and-slate stairs, ascending to two centered paired six-by-nine-foot framed one-story entry porches.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ John T. Francis and Kelly Wilson (June 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Henry Gassaway Davis House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-18.