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Shaw House (Fairmont, West Virginia)

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Built
  
1919

NRHP Reference #
  
88001461

Area
  
9,700 m²

Built by
  
Alex. MacElwee

Opened
  
1919

Added to NRHP
  
14 September 1988

Shaw House (Fairmont, West Virginia)

Location
  
425 Morgantown Ave., Fairmont, West Virginia

Architectural style
  
Tudor Revival architecture

Similar
  
Prickett's Fort State Park, Robert H Mollohan‑Jefferson Street Bri, Fairmont Railroad Bridge, Monongahela River

Shaw House is a historic home and national historic district located at Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia. The district includes two contributing buildings and two contributing structures. The main house was built in 1919, and is a 2 1/2 story dwelling in the Tudor Revival style. It features brick and stucco wall cladding punctuated with simulated half-timbering, and tall chimney stacks. Also on the property are a contributing garage, well house, and entrance pavilion. The house was built for Harry Shaw (1872 - 1952), a noted attorney and jurist of the early 20th century in north-central West Virginia.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

References

Shaw House (Fairmont, West Virginia) Wikipedia