James F. Murray House
James F. Murray House | |
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| Location | 530 Louisiana Ave., Chester, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 40°36′42″N 80°33′42″W / 40.61167°N 80.56167°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1903 |
| Architect | Snyder, J.A. |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival, American Four Square |
| NRHP reference No. | 90001066 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 12, 1990 |
James F. Murray House, also known as Murray-Abrams House, is a historic home located at Chester, Hancock County, West Virginia. It was built 1904–1905, and is a blond brick, L-shaped dwelling in a combined Classical Revival / American Foursquare style. It featured a deep wraparound porch and porte cochere and slate covered intersecting hipped roofs. Also on the property is a large 2+1⁄2-story frame barn built in 1903. It was the home of James Fraser Murray, (1844-1925), an individual important in the Northern Panhandle's developing oil industry.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Rodney S. Collins (April 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: James F. Murray House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 23, 2021. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Neoclassical architecture in West Virginia
- Houses completed in 1905
- Houses in Hancock County, West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Hancock County, West Virginia
- American Foursquare architecture in West Virginia
- 1905 establishments in West Virginia
- Chester, West Virginia
- Northern Panhandle Registered Historic Place stubs