Briarwood (Charleston, West Virginia)

Briarwood
Location 1240 Staunton Rd., Charleston, West Virginia
Coordinates 38°20′13″N 81°38′7″W / 38.33694°N 81.63528°W / 38.33694; -81.63528Coordinates: 38°20′13″N 81°38′7″W / 38.33694°N 81.63528°W / 38.33694; -81.63528
Area 2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built 1922
Architect Crowthers, Fred
Architectural style Tudor Revival
MPS South Hills MRA
NRHP reference # 84000396[1]
Added to NRHP October 26, 1984

Briarwood is a historic home located at Charleston, West Virginia. It was designed in the 1920s by English-born architect Fred Crowthers for Dr. Rhuell Hampton Merrill, the minister of the Kanawha Presbyterian Church from 1898 to 1907. The English Tudor style home features varying roof lines and asymmetrical massing.[2]

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

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form" (PDF). Briarwood. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. 2009-04-04.


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