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Pinecrest
Circa 1892, Summer home of Richard C. Kerens, business partner
of H.G. Davis and S.B. Elkins; member of Republican National
Committee 1888-1900; U.S. Ambassador to Austria-Hungary 1909-1913.
Modified Shingle Style, of coursed sandstone, featuring wide
porches, large shingled dormers, and two towers. Architects -
Peabody & Stearns, Boston. Named from carved pinecone finial
atop newel post of central stairway. Private residence, closed
to the public. |
Davis Memorial Presbyterian
Church
Built 1894-95; attached Sunday School building added 1921. Gift
of industrialists Thomas B. and Se. Henry G. Davis, in memory of
their parents. Late Gothic Revival, designed by Baltimore architect
Charles E. Cassell. Sunday School building by Washington, D.C.,
architect Clarence L. Harding. Walls and tower of locally-quarried
sandstone, roof of random-pattern glazed tiles in yellow to purple
hues. West window features five stained glass panels designed in the
Tiffany Style. |
Taylor-Condrey House ("Ednalea")
Built 1880-81. One of the oldest houses in Elkins area;
architect unknown. Colonial Revival, perhaps modeled after Mt.
Vernon. Constructed by Andrew Taylor; deeded to his son Blaine
Taylor (Chief Clerk of U.S. Postal Dept., 1897 - 1904) in 1904.
Named "Ednalea" by Dr. R.J. Condrey, owner of the property
from 1930 to 1978. Private, closed to the public. |
Randolph County Courthouse &
Jail
Courthouse built 1902-08. One of the foremost Richardsonian
Romanesque-style building in West Virginia. Designed by Uniontown,
Pa., architect J. Charles Fulton. Built of locally-quarried
sandstone with contrasting smooth and textured stone trim, much of
it extensively carved. 150-foot tower offset by steep hip roof of
red tiles, with large gables and corner turret. Engaged buttress
serves as a pedestal for classical-style statue holding the scales
of justice. Jail built in 1910's, also with corner tower and red
tile roof. |
Gov. H.G. Kump House
Built 1924-25. Home of Herman Guy Kump (1877-1962), mayor of
Elkins, Circuit Judge, Governor of West Virginia, 1933-37. Designed
by Washington, D.C., architect Clarence L. Harding. Neo-Federalist
with Neo-Georgian Revival elements- brick exterior, steeply-pitched
slate gable roof with low raking parapets, limestone lintels,
porte-cochere, and Federal-style balustrades. Private, closed to
the public. |
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