Shumaker-Lewis House, also known as Virgil A. Lewis House, was a historic home located in
Mason, West Virginia
Mason, also known as Mason City, is a town in Mason County, West Virginia
West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. ...
. It was built about 1885, and was a two-story Victorian-era frame cottage. It featured a two tier
Eastlake movement style porch. It was the home of
Virgil A. Lewis (1848-1912), the first State Historian and Archivist of West Virginia, 1905–1912. It was the headquarters of the Mason City Historical Society.
It was demolished in 2014 and the Virgil A. Lewis Park now occupies the site.
The house was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1979.
References
External links
e-WV, The Encyclopedia of West Virginia: Virgil A. Lewis
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
Houses completed in 1885
Houses in Mason County, West Virginia
Stick-Eastlake architecture in West Virginia
National Register of Historic Places in Mason County, West Virginia
Victorian architecture in West Virginia
Buildings and structures demolished in 2014
Demolished buildings and structures in West Virginia
Demolished but still listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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