Morgan-Gold House

Historic house in West Virginia, United States

United States historic place


Morgan-Gold House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


39°19′56″N 78°4′40″W / 39.33222°N 78.07778°W / 39.33222; -78.07778
Area	4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built	1745
Architect	David Morgan
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	85001519 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 8, 1985

Morgan-Gold House, also known as "Golden Meadows" or the Samuel Gold House, is a historic home located at Bunker Hill, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It is an L-shaped, three-bay, two-story, log dwelling on a stone foundation. The front section was built about 1809, and is a 20 1/2-feet deep and 30 1/2-feet wide block, with a pedimented portico in the Greek Revival style. The rear part of the ell was built about 1745 by David Morgan, son of the Morgan Morgan the first white settler of West Virginia. Also on the property are three log outbuildings and Victorian-era granary.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Frances D. Ruth (September 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Morgan-Gold House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-02.