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1 * Form No (Rev 1074), * U NlTED S DEPARTMENT OF THE NTEROR NATONAL PARK SERVCE NATONAL REGSTER OF HSTORC PLACES NVENTORY NOMNATON FORM SEE NSTRUCTONS N HOW TO COMPLETENATONAL REGSTER FORMS, TYPE ALL ENTRES COMPLETE APPLCABLE SECTONS NAME : HSTORC CraikPatton House; "Elm p rove" ", AND/OR COMMON C C ~raikpatton House LOCATON, < STREET& NUMBER Daniel Boone Roadside Park, US, Route 60 r + NOT FOR PUBLCATON CTY, TOWN ~C~JASSFCATON * CONGRESSONAL DSTRCT Charleston VCN~TY OF Third COUNTY West Virginia Kanawha &BE CATEGORY OWNERSHP STATUS PRESENT USE DSTRCT x ~ ~ ~ ~ ZOCCU l PED ~ AGRCULTURE MUSEUM XBULDNGW PRVATE UNOCCUPED COMMERCAL PARK STRUCTURE BOTH WORK N PROGRESS EDUCATONAL PRVATE RESDENCE STE PUBLC ACQUSTON ACCESSBLE ENTERTANMENT LRELGOUS OBJECT N PROCESS XYES: RESTRCTED,GOVERNMENT SCENTFC OWNER OF PROPERTY BENG CONSDERED YES UNRESTRCTED 1NDUSTRDL TRANSPORTATON NO M LTARY NAME? Ce/cb:C, L?i> fs 3 +,, STREET & NUMBER CTY TOWN City Hall, Virginia Street BLOCATON Charles ton VCNTY OF West Virginia OF LEGAL DESCRPTON COURTHOUSE REGSTRY OF OEEDSETC Kanawha County Courthouse STREET & NUMBER CTY TOWN 416 Kanawha Boulevard, East Charles ton REPRESENTATON N EXSTNG SURVEYS TTLE DATE DEPOSTORY FOR survn CTY, TOWN West Virginia Antiquities ork kiss ion Historic Sites Survey 1965 FEDERAL X COUNTY LOCAL West Virginia Antiauities Commission Old Mountainlair, &st Virginia University West Virginia

2 i 5 + DESCRPTON : : :,, <, * * 2, CHECK ONE,^;^^^^^ CHECK ONE ~ 2 : :,DETERORATED <; :,UNALTERE~:;?~;~~~~_,ORGNALS~E 4 t it +,RUNS ; :>,Y; "::, ~ L T E R ~ D y,,li$rl + ~ ;, ~, ~ V E D C * E *_ UND(pOSED r ; :: =, ;a *ell& 4*C+&*P *?c?c?c?c X,FAR :;+ ": : s \ >, 7% *,, < > L :, ;,a,:; :>:;:,; ;& s: ;,: j +$,,,+, DESCRlBE THE PRESENT AND ORGNAL (F KNOWN) PHYSJCAL APPEARANCE ~~~"tt~*:,:~ _ a i! The CraikPatton House is presently situated Jn Daniel Boone Roadside Park, US Route 60, Charles ton, Kanawha County, ov,erlooking d < A ~ the Ranawha,River, The structure is CONDTON :!, :: ; * r U(CELLENT 5: J 7; >l\leiqv * : placed on a high (about f,olir feet above grdund), cut$ton&,foundi&bn which houses a " Z :+ 4? caretakers,,apartinent, meeting hapx, exhibit"space,: kitchen, off ice, anrfrkt room<l :, $ : facilities : Tlie house itself is i n threc di~tinc~:unita<nd must We, apprdached by A, :,, _ *" rrrar, il *,d~f *e high stair: on the front or rear, z,:: $2 A typicai Greek Revival structure, it has beeiiihaidehid soin~w~at^~b~ localinter: 3, : + ; pretatiqn t is bilaterally symmetrical and consists of three :rectangular blocks, the center section being abit higher but, not ad deep as thewings: Cla_ssicaT teniple E form with aprojecting portico is followed fn the main unit; the rqof ridge tuns from front to back in the gabled center and only about,thfeequartersl,o$ the Length of the r z side units, for the latter havea rear gable and hipped front Although the roofs i are of generall3,low pitch, the center section i;s high& thki <hat "ofteie wings; All: * c c! : windows and doors are trabeated : ;, % * _,,* i Four massive columns support the extended center roof with pilasters placed t against the facade The main entrance i~~throughnarrow 1 double doors ab~v~which is a T oh af genmical div isionsin ssuares and diamonds Fluted pilasters are on each side of the edrance, and the facade also has long, 12/12 windows on the i central section The wings are set back about a foot froin the front of the main unit and are noted by the dentil molding on the, front and side corice; * Window arrangement in the side units incorporates two, 916 sashes on the facade and threeof similar style on the side with none at the rear _, There are three brick chimneys projecting,from the* structure, ofie in each wingr behind the point at which the ridge of the roof divides to form the hip andthe other on the west side of the central section about midway between front and rear Fireplaces have all been opened and ceilings raised to their original height The interior consists of an entrance hall behind which is a large main room Either wing can be approached from this entrance vestibule, and it is believed the house originally had two rooms in the west wing and three in the east wing At the time of its move to its present location in September 1973, thdstructure had a door cut into the rear of the left wing and a window in the right wing Both of these have been removed t was on a foundation much closer to the ground, but this was a change from the high basement (similar to the present) of its location before the first move in 1906 The rear gallery was enclosed for use as a kitchen after1906; this has since been opened to give the look of the original A sheet metal roof (still in place) has replaced shingles When first constructed in about 1834, the ~raikpatton House was on Virginia Street in Charleston t is the proposal of the custodial organizationthe National Society of Colonial Dames of America Resident in West Virginiato restore the building to this period The structure was moved in 1973 in order to save it from the threat of demolition for property reuse as a commercial plot Accomplished over a period of two days, the house was divided into its three units and transported about 2% "miles The new setting is actually closer to the original (pre1906) Virginia Street location, for it offers more open area and eliminates thd run down and shoddy conditionson Lee Street The historical effect has been minimized by the fact that the structures architecture remains intact and the new area is closer in environment to 1834 Charleston than was the obdlereet property _

3 ,, *,, > :*c,; a > a, 1, 1 $ SGNFCANCE,, < *! % ke, " 9 * jg 3 / _ < ; Z,, _ *, _ 3 " $px: * L * ; ;: $:,, a * ;! PEROD AREAS OF StGNlFlCANCEiCHECK ANDJUSTFY BELOW :* < 1, " / f ~~~EHSTORC AR~H;~L~~YPREHSOR _COMMUNTY PWNNNG, :, UNDS~APEARFHTECTURE REUFON ~ c;, ; g2400i499 ~RCHEOLOGYHSTORC ~ONSER~ATON a : ~, ~ : + ~ ~ ~ ~ : *, SCENCE :7~;z~~ " " & 4 : %%500~~99 AGRCULTURE,i, 4, ECONOMCS *: "2 t:&+,,lterature;:~f~;%, sculptu~e~: ;,: 1 :e16001 sss %RCHTE~~URE * + EDUCATON T~MUTARY;~+;<~ > > f:j7&l jg9 4di a r ENGNEERNG ~ U S ~ ti C < 3 > * *: =, ~, ~ a, ~ ~?!?Y? ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ : A ~ ~ ~ ~ L 1* idz&6i8gg,commerce, r 1 25," moo " COMMUNCATONS, f 2 \,, "%:,, *%, 4b > z r g $ =* : _f NVENTON :, A! : ~3ii % L 2 ;: 2!a:&4t 5; +3=;t ;f :,SOCA~/HUMANTARA, EXPLORATON/SETTLEMENT PHLOSOPHY,:, 2 :,T~~trs~oi~~~~o~ NDUSTRY POL~T~CS/GOVERNMENT =,OTHER (SPECFY) :,:, r? 2; f" + ; J S,,,,xt A>\, y?, 5*,fLSfECfCDATES (c&nbtr&ted)"7 ~Ul~~~~~~~~l~~~~~T~~%~GkL~?~ * :l;!,e:>,?~~~q?;&;;~<<~:::~ < v, J i F~TATEMENT OF SGNFCANCE ; s Re CraikPatton ~oiise is a fine example of Greek Revival architecture applied and :;linterpreted in an interesting frame structure dating from the first half of the nine * 5 :;teenth century Built for 9 Charleston lawyerclergyman who was the grandson of George 1" : r ZF $~ashingtons family physician and son of Washingtons secretary during his second: : $ ; + ; i :administration, the house was later occupied by George S Patton, a noted military *% :leader in western,virginia during the Civil a War and grandfather of World war11~ General 1 &&or& S patton _ ; 1;: b $ 2 Construction took place soon after the &arlestop lot on which if was built was r T $ p u r c h a s ~ ~ ~ ~ l~r;rove,+xst n later ~ becamektwn, = sr 2 followed classic Greek Revival lines; for the most part, with freeinterpretation by the 3 : < local builder Although small a<d unpretentious, especially a, by, todays standards, the *, ::CraikPatton :* House is interesting in its pattern; As noted in the descripti&, it is zbilaterally spetrical and consists of three rectangular blocks, The ceniyal unit r F 3 i : is somewhat less deep than the side sections, butthere are no distinguishing transi 4; tional features between them Classical temple form is followed in a projecting portico, 1 supported by four massive columns, which crosses the middle part Roofs are of generally ; ;, low pitch with the center a bit steeper than the sides; the ridge runs from front to f,back in the main unit, whereas the wings have a hipped front and a gabled rear Wall * g surfaces are rather flat, and all windows and doors are &abeated Though now in need of paint, the frame structure was originally white,,! The first owner of the house was Reverend James Craik, son of George Washingtons, secretary during his second administration, George Washington Craik, an$ grandson of i Washingtons family physician and close personal friend, Dr James Craik At the time : he purchased the lot, Craik was a licensed and practicing lawyer who was married to i $ i Juliet Shrewsbury, amember of aprominentfamilyinthecharlestonareaby1839he changed professions and became a clergyman, serving Charles tons St ~ohn s Episcopal Church from 1839 to 1844 when he moved to Louisville, Kentucky, n 1858, the house was bought by George Smith Patton in his wifes name (Susan la sell patton) and would remain in this family until near the end of the Civil War George S Patton 11, father of the noted World War 1 general, George S Patton, was, bornhere Pattonhad originally come to Charlestonin 1856 to practice law Hehad graduated from Virginia Military nstitute in 1852, and when he rnoved west he took with 1 him a strong discipline and liking for the militarysocial organization he had known in Richmond as the "Light nfantry Blues" He helped organize the "Kanawha Riflemen" in 1856 along the lines of the Blues and became the first captain of the unit The Riflemen, a firstrate drilling company dressed in fine green uniforms, Mere generally of monied families of the area Their reputation was widespread in western ) Virginia where they appeared on occasion at fairs and other social gatherings With the, ett itil r Q a r S ~ = ~ s e p & w n e S s of e r & Confederacy as Company H of the 22nd Virginia nfantry

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5 Dayton, Ruth Woods Pioneers and Their Homes on Upper Kanawha Charleston, WVa: West Virginia Publishing Co, 1947 (pp 24247) Cohen, Stan "Colonel George S Patton and the 22nd Virginia nfantry ~egiment " West Virginia History, XXV (Apr 1965), 17890, Husley, Val " Men of VirginiaMen of KanawhaTo Arms!: A History of the Twentysecond Virginia Volunteer nfantry Regiment, CSA" West Virginia History, XXXV (Apr 1974) GEOGRAPHCAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMNATED PROPERTY UTM REFERENCES 3/4 acre AM L41214t oj,zo,ne, VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRPTON ~Wl1J~~llJJ~ ZONE EASTNG NORTHNG LST ALL S AND COUNTES FOR PROPERTES OVERLAPPNG OR COUNTY BOUNDARES,, CODE COUNTY CODE, CODE COU NTY CODE NAME / TTLE James E Harding, Research Analyst ORGANZATON STREET& NUMBER West Virginia Antiquities Commission March 7, 1975 DATE TELEPHONE Old Mountainlair, West Virginia University (304) CTY OR TOWN Morgant own West Virginia a HSTORC PRESERVATON OFFCER CERTFCATON THE EVALUATED SGNFCANCE OFTHS PPOPERTY WTHN THE S: NATONAL & LOCAL As the designated State Historic Prase hereby nominate this property for incl er for the National H National Register a 4 West Virginia State Historic Preservation Officer OATE March 25 9

6 <,$:, 8 i :, Form Nolo301 : 3 ~ (R& 1074) 2 :3 A i3 UN~TED S?&TES DEPARTMENT OF THE NTEROR : f, : ::,:{ NATONAL PARKSERVCE :, $,,, _ j NATONALQEGST~R OF HSTORC PLACES, mname! HSTORC AND/OR COMMON f : PROPERTY MAP FORM SEE NSTRUCTONS N HOW TO COMPLETE NATONAL REGSTER FORMS, 4 TYPE ALL ENTRES t ENC~OSE WTH MAP 1 LOCATON ~raik Pat ton House; "Elm Grove" CraikPatton House CTY TOWN VCNTY OF COUNTY Charleston Kanawha West Virginia MAP REFERENCE SOURCE U S Geological Survey Charleston East, WVa SCALE 1 : DATE 1957 (Photorevised 1971) g REQUREMENTS TO BE NCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1 PROPERTY BOUNDARES 2 NORTH ARROW

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