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Lucy Tarr Mansion

Coordinates: 40°16′40″N 80°36′24″W / 40.27778°N 80.60667°W / 40.27778; -80.60667
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Lucy Tarr Mansion
Lucy Tarr Mansion, April 2011
Lucy Tarr Mansion is located in West Virginia
Lucy Tarr Mansion
Lucy Tarr Mansion is located in the United States
Lucy Tarr Mansion
Location1456 Pleasant Ave., Wellsburg, West Virginia
Coordinates40°16′40″N 80°36′24″W / 40.27778°N 80.60667°W / 40.27778; -80.60667
Arealess than one acre
Built1885
ArchitectTarr, Ellen Hunter
Architectural styleQueen Anne
MPSPleasant Avenue MRA
NRHP reference No.86001076 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 16, 1986

Lucy Tarr Mansion, also known as "Highland Place" and Nellie Little House, is a historic home located at Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia. It was built in 1885, and is a 2+12-story brick dwelling with highly pitched roofs and richly appointed porches in the Queen Anne style. It features a three-story tower with a pyramidal roof covered in fishscale slate. It also has a one-story, ell shaped verandah with turned columns. Also on the property is a contributing barn / garage.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Hiram J. Lester (September 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lucy Tarr Mansion" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-23.