Mountain Home (White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia)

Mountain Home
LocationSouthwest of White Sulphur Springs on U.S. Route 60, near White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
Coordinates37°46′24″N 80°21′10″W / 37.77333°N 80.35278°W / 37.77333; -80.35278
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Builtc. 1833
Built byDunn, John W.; Burgess, Conrad
Architectural styleFederal, Roman Revival
NRHP reference No.80004020[1] (original)
100005944 (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 28, 1980
Boundary increaseDecember 23, 2020

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]

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

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ 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 August 3, 2011.
  3. ^ 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 October 1, 2024.