The Beeches (St. Albans, West Virginia)

The Beeches
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	805 Kanawha Ter., St. Albans, West Virginia
Coordinates	38°22′55″N 81°49′49″W
Built	ca. 1874
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP reference No.	79002586 [1]
Added to NRHP	April 20, 1979

The Beeches, also known as the Huntington-Skinner House and Woman's Club of St. Albans, is a historic home located at St. Albans, West Virginia. It was built about 1874 for Henry Edwards Huntington in the Italianate style. After its purchase in 1903 by locale magnate J. V. R. Skinner, the two story home was transformed with a mix of formal interior and exterior details and additions. It commands an excellent view of Kanawha Terrace, a principal street of St. Albans, atop a hill that descends in a gentle slope shaded with trees and shrubbery.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form" (PDF). The Beeches. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. 2009-04-04.