Purinton House

Historic house in West Virginia, United States

United States historic place


Purinton House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Purinton House, September 2012
39°38′5″N 79°57′20″W / 39.63472°N 79.95556°W / 39.63472; -79.95556
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	1904
Architect	Fulton, J. Charles
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Colonial Revival
MPS	West Virginia University Neo-Classical Revival Buildings TR
NRHP reference No.	85003206^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 19, 1985

Purinton House is a historic home associated with the West Virginia University and located at Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It was built in 1904, and is a 2+1⁄2-story masonry dwelling with Classical Revival and Colonial Revival style features. It features a large wraparound porch whose hip roof is supported by Ionic order columns. The porch roof is topped by a balustrade. The roof is topped by a balustraded deck and widow's walk. It served as the on-campus residence for university presidents from 1905 to 1967. On November 2, 1911, President William Howard Taft delivered the address "World Wide Speech," from the front porch of Purinton House.^[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. July 9, 2010.
^ Randall Gooden (July 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Purinton House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-18.