Dr. James W. Hale House

Historic house in West Virginia, United States

United States historic place


Dr. James W. Hale House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Site, now occupied by a post office
37°22′6″N 81°5′54″W / 37.36833°N 81.09833°W / 37.36833; -81.09833
Area	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built	c. 1885
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Gothic
NRHP reference No.	76001941^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 12, 1976

Dr. James W. Hale House, also known as the Hale-Pendleton House, "Temple Knob," and "Temple Hill," was a historic home located at Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia. Built about 1885, it was a large, two-story plus basement brick house. The house had many Gothic Revival features, such as pointed-arch windows with panes divided by simple geometric tracery, gingerbread bargeboards, and a large verandah completely around the west and south elevations. The verandah roof was supported by more than 12 fluted columns and a cornice with dentil molding in the Greek Revival style. The house sat atop Temple Knob, a small rise said to have been used as a signal point by both Union and Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ James E. Harding (October 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Dr. James W. Hale House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-18.