Walton Wait House

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Walton Wait House
Walton Wait House is located in West Virginia
Walton Wait House
Location1232 Murdoch Ave., Parkersburg, West Virginia
Coordinates39°16′27″N 81°33′19″W / 39.27417°N 81.55528°W / 39.27417; -81.55528Coordinates: 39°16′27″N 81°33′19″W / 39.27417°N 81.55528°W / 39.27417; -81.55528
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Italianate
MPSDowntown Parkersburg MRA
NRHP reference No.82001793[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 10, 1982

Walton Wait House was a historic home located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built between about 1860 and 1870, and is a two-story, frame house in a transitional Greek Revival / Italianate style. It has a gable roof with an intersecting side gable. It was moved to its present location about 1924, with the former front facade now oriented to the rear.[2]

Photo in 2015 of former site of the house

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Eliza Smith and Christina Mann (December 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Walton Wait House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-15.


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