Cooper's Rock State Forest Superintendent's House and Garage
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Coopers Rock State Forest Superintendent's House and Garage | |
Location | Off Interstate 68 8 mi (13 km) east of Morgantown, near Morgantown, West Virginia |
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Coordinates | 39°39′38″N 79°46′53″W / 39.66056°N 79.78139°W |
Area | 6 acres (2.4 ha) |
Built | 1938 |
Architect | Civilian Conservation Corps |
Architectural style | NPS Rustic |
MPS | Coopers Rock State Forest MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 91000546[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 15, 1991 |
Cooper's Rock State Forest Superintendent's House and Garage is a historic home and garage located at Cooper's Rock State Forest near Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. The house was built between 1938 and 1940, and is a two-story, symmetrical log building, measuring 35 feet by 43 feet. Also on the property is a contributing garage also of log construction. Both buildings were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps, CCC camp number 3527, Camp Rhododendron.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1] The Superintendent's House was heavily damaged by a fire on April 7, 2017. [3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Pamela Ball Redmond (December 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Coopers Rock State Forest Superintendent's House and Garage" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
- ^ Anschuetz, Nika (April 7, 2017). "Fire Breaks Out at Coopers Rock Superintendent House". WVAlways.com. Retrieved April 8, 2017.