Nicholas Switzer House
Nicholas Switzer House | |
  Nicholas Switzer House  Nicholas Switzer House  Nicholas Switzer House | |
| Location | County Route 5 and Waites Run, near Wardensville, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 39°4′50″N 78°34′48″W / 39.08056°N 78.58000°W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| Built | 1778 |
| Architect | Nicholas Switzer |
| Architectural style | I-house |
| NRHP reference No. | 08001238[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 24, 2008 |
Nicholas Switzer House, also known as The Old Stone House and "Switzerland," is a historic home located near Wardensville, Hardy County, West Virginia. The house was built in 1788, and is a two-story I-house with a lower-level and attic constructed of uncoursed fieldstone. It sits on a stone foundation and has a side-gable, standing seam metal roof. The rear elevation features a two-story porch built about 1880. The Switzer family were Swiss German immigrants.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ David W. and Billie G. Roberts with Erin Riebe (2008). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Nicholas Switzer House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
Categories:
- German-American culture in West Virginia
- Houses completed in 1778
- Houses in Hardy County, West Virginia
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- I-houses in West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Hardy County, West Virginia
- Stone houses in West Virginia
- Swiss-American culture in West Virginia
- 1778 establishments in Virginia
- Potomac Highlands Registered Historic Place stubs