Hughes-Cunningham House
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| Location | Harlan Springs Rd., near Hedgesville, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 39°32′10″N 77°57′38″W / 39.53611°N 77.96056°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1772 |
| Architect | Hughes, Isaac; Cunningham, Hugh |
| Architectural style | Late Permanent Settler |
| NRHP reference No. | 85001518 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 8, 1985 |
Hughes-Cunningham House, also known as "HuCuRu," is a historic home located near Hedgesville, Berkeley County, West Virginia. The log and stone house is in two sections. The main section was built in 1772 and is a two-story, three-bay, gable roofed log building on a stone foundation. It measures 30 feet wide by 25 feet deep. A two-bay, one story stone wing was added about 1784.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1] The house was heavily damaged in a fatal fire on August 27, 2017.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Frances D. Ruth (September 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hughes-Cunningham House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
- ^ Umstead, Matthew (August 31, 2017). "Authorities identify woman who died in W.Va. house fire". Hagerstown Herald-Mail. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
