Rohrbaugh Cabin
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| Location | Smokehole Rd. (County Route 28/11), 3 miles south of junction with WV 28/WV 55, Monongahela National Forest, near Petersburg, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°57′20″N 79°14′31″W / 38.95556°N 79.24194°W |
| Area | 4.3 acres (1.7 ha) |
| Built | c. 1880 |
| Architectural style | Vernacular, Log |
| NRHP reference No. | 93000490 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 3, 1993 |
Rohrbaugh Cabin — also known as Allegheny Cabin — is a historic log cabin located on the eastern slope of North Fork Mountain near Petersburg, Grant County, West Virginia, USA.
Rohrbaugh Cabin was built about 1880, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, "double pen" plan log house built of tulip poplar logs. It measures 26 feet, two inches long, and 16 feet, 6 inches, deep. Also on the property are a frame storage shed, a log animal pen, stone springhouse remains, and portions of the original Smokehole roadbed.[2]
Rohrbaugh Cabin was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ C. Richard Bierce (January 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Rohrbaugh Cabin" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Houses completed in 1880
- Houses in Grant County, West Virginia
- Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Grant County, West Virginia
- Vernacular architecture in West Virginia
- 1880 establishments in West Virginia
- Log buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Potomac Highlands Registered Historic Place stubs