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Wells Schaff House

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Built
  
1832

Opened
  
1832

Architectural style
  
Federal architecture

NRHP Reference #
  
86000054

Area
  
2 ha

Added to NRHP
  
7 January 1986

Wells-Schaff House

Location
  
500 S. Wells, Sistersville, West Virginia

Wells-Schaff House, also known as "Welkin," is a historic home located at Sistersville, Tyler County, West Virginia. It was built in 1832, and is a two story, Federal-style brick residence. It features a one story front porch with Doric order columns added about 1896. The rear addition was built about 1935. Also on the property is a summer house (c. 1935) and the Wells Family cemetery containing the grave of Charles Wells (1745-1815), founder of Wells' Landing.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

References

Wells-Schaff House Wikipedia