James F. Murray House

Historic house in West Virginia, United States

United States historic place


James F. Murray House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Site of the house
40°36′42″N 80°33′42″W / 40.61167°N 80.56167°W / 40.61167; -80.56167
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1903
Architect	Snyder, J.A.
Architectural style	Classical Revival, American Four Square
NRHP reference No.	90001066 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 12, 1990

James F. Murray House, also known as Murray-Abrams House, was a historic home located at Chester, Hancock County, West Virginia. It was built 1904–1905, and was a blond brick, L-shaped dwelling in a combined Classical Revival / American Foursquare style. It featured a deep wraparound porch and porte cochere and slate covered intersecting hipped roofs. Also on the property is a large 2+1⁄2-story frame barn built in 1903. It was the home of James Fraser Murray, (1844-1925), an individual important in the Northern Panhandle's developing oil industry.^[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Rodney S. Collins (April 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: James F. Murray House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-20.^{[permanent dead link]}