Henry_Gassaway_Davis_House

Henry Gassaway Davis House

Henry Gassaway Davis House

Historic house in West Virginia, United States

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]

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

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. [2]
    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.


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