Capt. John Halstead Farm

Capt. John Halstead Farm
LocationWhitewater Rd. (County Route 9), near Kesslers Cross Lanes, West Virginia
Coordinates38°14′41″N 80°56′21″W / 38.2446°N 80.9392°W / 38.2446; -80.9392
Area3.6 acres (1.5 ha)
Built1876
NRHP reference No.98001475[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 15, 1998

Capt. John Halstead Farm is a historic home and farm located near Kesslers Cross Lanes, Nicholas County, West Virginia. It was built about 1876, and is a two-story side gable with a rear gable two-story wing. It features a full-length, two-story porch on the front of the house and one on the side of the wing in the rear. Also on the property are a contributing gable-roofed tool shed, a small barn, a long narrow chicken coop, an outhouse, and a large barn. It is an example of the local type of residence and subsistence farm.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Michael Gioulis and Wilma Richardson (January 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Capt. John Halstead Farm" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved August 18, 2011.