Clerc-Carson House is a historic home located at

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Jackson County, West Virginia Jackson County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,791. Its county seat is Ripley, and its largest municipality is Ravenswood. History In 1674, frontiersman Gabriel Arthur visited a lar ...

. It was built about 1880, and is a two-story, asymmetrical, brick dwelling with a T-shaped plan in the

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style. It features a low hipped roof with wide eaves, eaves brackets and cornice dentils, and the original shutters in working order. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artist ...

in 1992. It is located in the Ripley Historic District, listed in 2004.

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