National Historic Landmark · Elkins, West Virginia

Senator Stephen Benton Elkins House

Added to the National Register in 1982, and a National Historic Landmark.

Elkins, Senator Stephen Benton, House
Photos via Wikimedia Commons

The record

Register nameElkins, Senator Stephen Benton, House
Property typeBuilding
AddressDavis and Elkins College Campus, Elkins, WV
CountyRandolph County
ListedSep 2, 1982
Listed forArchitecture, Politics and government, Education, Industry
Level of significanceState
Also known asHalliehurst; See also Davis and Elkins Historic District NHL
Reference number82004329
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

AddressDavis and Elkins College Campus, Elkins, WV
Coordinates38.9308° N, 79.8472° W · Directions ↗
Also in Elkins22 listed places in Elkins →
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

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Map

Public land around it

Monongahela National Forest ↗National Forest, U.S. Forest ServiceInside the boundary1,703,725 acres

Wilderness Atlas publishes a centroid and an acreage for each unit, not a boundary line. Distance here is measured to a circle of the same area drawn around that centroid, so treat it as roughly right rather than surveyed.

Guidebooks to historic places and travel in West Virginia

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  • Touring Virginia's and West Virginia's Civil War sites
    Clint Johnson, 2011
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  • West Virginia - Scenic Routes and Byways
    Su Clauson-Wicker, 2013
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  • WPA Guide to West Virginia
    Federal writers' project, 2013
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Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.

Reference

Questions people ask

When was Senator Stephen Benton Elkins House listed on the National Register?

Sep 2, 1982. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.

Source: National Park Service

Where is Senator Stephen Benton Elkins House?

Davis and Elkins College Campus, Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia.

Source: National Park Service

Where is the nomination form for Senator Stephen Benton Elkins House?

The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.

Source: National Archives

Sources

Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 82004329. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.