Elmhurst (Caldwell, West Virginia)

Elmhurst
Elmhurst (Caldwell, West Virginia) is located in West Virginia
Elmhurst (Caldwell, West Virginia)
Elmhurst (Caldwell, West Virginia) is located in the United States
Elmhurst (Caldwell, West Virginia)
LocationU.S. 60 at the Greenbrier R., Caldwell, West Virginia
Coordinates37°46′50″N 80°23′47″W / 37.78056°N 80.39639°W / 37.78056; -80.39639
Area6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built1824
NRHP reference No.75001887, 90001846[1]
Added to NRHPJune 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-foot-wide (15 m) by 50-foot-deep (15 m) main section and a 50-foot (15 m) by 25-foot (7.6 m) 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. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  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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