Holly Grove Mansion

Historic house in West Virginia, United States

United States historic place


Holly Grove Mansion
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Holly Grove Mansion, April 2009
38°20′11″N 81°36′56″W / 38.33639°N 81.61556°W / 38.33639; -81.61556
Built	1815
NRHP reference No.	74002007 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 28, 1974

Holly Grove Mansion, also known as Holly Grove Inn or Ruffner Mansion, is a historic home located at Charleston, West Virginia on the grounds of the West Virginia State Capitol. It is a large brick house with a front section made to accommodate three floors and rear section housing two. It features a massive two story, semi-circular portico at the front entrance. It was constructed originally in 1815 as the home of Daniel Ruffner, one of a family which helped develop the early salt industry in the Kanawha Valley. It gained its present-day appearance in about 1902 when new owner, John Nash, undertook substantial remodeling.^[2] In 1979, the mansion underwent an extensive rehabilitation when it became headquarters for the West Virginia Commission on Aging.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form" (PDF). Holly Grove Mansion. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. 2009-04-04.
^ "SHCA DESIGNING RESTORATION OF HISTORIC HOLLY GROVE MANSION". e-architect. 28 May 2008.