Couch-Artrip House

Couch-Artrip House
Location U.S. Route 35, near Southside, West Virginia
Coordinates 38°42′11″N 81°58′4″W / 38.70306°N 81.96778°W / 38.70306; -81.96778Coordinates: 38°42′11″N 81°58′4″W / 38.70306°N 81.96778°W / 38.70306; -81.96778
Area 6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built c. 1830
Architect Samuel Couch
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP Reference # 84003623[1]
Added to NRHP August 23, 1984

Couch-Artrip House, also known as "Longmeadow" and "The Holmwood," is a historic home located near Southside, Mason County, West Virginia. It was built about 1830, and is a two story brick residence in a vernacular Greek Revival-style. It features an Italianate style front porch and one-story addition, added about 1875. It also has a corbeled cornice composed of four brick courses. Also on the property are a two-room, one-story Greek Revival office / school room and a log building.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Rodney S. Collins (March 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Couch-Artrip House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-05.


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