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Couch-Artrip House

Coordinates: 38°42′11″N 81°58′4″W / 38.70306°N 81.96778°W / 38.70306; -81.96778
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Couch-Artrip House
Couch-Artrip House is located in West Virginia
Couch-Artrip House
Couch-Artrip House is located in the United States
Couch-Artrip House
LocationU.S. Route 35, near Southside, West Virginia
Coordinates38°42′11″N 81°58′4″W / 38.70306°N 81.96778°W / 38.70306; -81.96778
Area6 acres (2.4 ha)
Builtc. 1830
ArchitectSamuel Couch
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.84003623[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 23, 1984

Couch-Artrip House, also known as "Longmeadow" and "The Holmwood," is a historic home located near Southside, Mason County, West Virginia. It was built about 1830, and is a two-story brick residence in a vernacular Greek Revival-style. It features an Italianate style front porch and one-story addition, added about 1875. It also has a corbeled cornice composed of four brick courses. Also on the property are a two-room, one-story Greek Revival office / school room and a log building.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Rodney S. Collins (March 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Couch-Artrip House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2018. Retrieved 2011-08-05.