W.E. Chilton II House

Historic house in West Virginia, United States

United States historic place


W. E. Chilton II House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Chilton House, April 2009
38°19′57″N 81°38′40″W / 38.33250°N 81.64444°W / 38.33250; -81.64444
Area	3.6 acres (1.5 ha)
Built	1933
Architect	Bottomley, William L.
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Neo-Georgian Revival
MPS	South Hills MRA
NRHP reference No.	84000397^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 26, 1984

W. E. Chilton II House is a historic home located at Charleston, West Virginia. It is a neo-Georgian stone house designed by nationally known architect William Lawrence Bottomley and built in 1933, for W. E. Chilton II and his wife Nancy Ruffner Chilton. The 2+1⁄2-story central block of the house is flanked symmetrically by single-story wings. In front of the west facade is a 90 foot by 90 foot walled forecourt paved in flagstone and Belgian block and cobblestones that were originally used on Philadelphia streets.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 as part of the South Hills Multiple Resource Area.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form" (PDF). W. E. Chilton II House. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. 2009-04-04.