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Kenwood (Huntington, West Virginia)

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Built
  
c. 1910

Opened
  
1910

Architectural style
  
Neoclassical architecture

Architect
  
H. Rus Warne

NRHP Reference #
  
07000784

Area
  
2 ha

Added to NRHP
  
2 August 2007

Kenwood (Huntington, West Virginia)

Location
  
619 Ridgewood Rd., Huntington, West Virginia

Similar
  
Huntington Museum of Art, Marshall University, Camden Park, Big Sandy Superstore Arena, St John's Episcopal Church

Kenwood, also known as the John A. Sheppard House, is a historic home located at Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia. It was designed by the prominent West Virginia architect, H. Rus Warne, and built about 1910, and is a 2 1/2 story, rectangular, side gable house with flanking one-story, enclosed wings with flat roofs covered in green clay tile. The house measures approximately 100 feet long and 64 feet deep. It features an entrance portico with two story Tuscan order columns. The house is in the Classical Revival style with Greek Revival details. Also on the property is a contributing garage.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

References

Kenwood (Huntington, West Virginia) Wikipedia