Elmhurst (Caldwell, West Virginia)

Elmhurst
Location U.S. 60 at the Greenbrier R., Caldwell, West Virginia
Coordinates 37°46′50″N 80°23′47″W / 37.78056°N 80.39639°W / 37.78056; -80.39639Coordinates: 37°46′50″N 80°23′47″W / 37.78056°N 80.39639°W / 37.78056; -80.39639
Area 6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built 1824
NRHP Reference # 75001887, 90001846[1]
Added to NRHP June 5, 1975, December 20, 1990 (Boundary Increase)

Elmhurst, also known as The Caldwell Place, is a historic inn and tavern located at Caldwell, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It was built in 1824 on the banks of the Greenbrier River near where a toll bridge for the James River and Kanawha Turnpike replaced a ferry crossing in 1821. It is a two story red brick building, consisting of a 50 feet wide by 50 feet deep main section and 50 feet by 25 feet ell. It features a two-story open portico supported by four square columns and capped by an ornamental stepped gable. The listing also includes three contributing frame dependencies, a gravel approach driveway, an early 20th-century stone wall, and a portion of the original road bed of the James River and Kanawha Turnpike.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, and a boundary increase was added in 1990.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. C.E. Turley and James E. Harding (April 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Elmhurst and Boundary Increase" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-31.


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