Wells-Schaff House

Wells-Schaff House
Seen from Wells Street to the east
Location 500 S. Wells, Sistersville, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°33′25″N 81°0′19″W / 39.55694°N 81.00528°W / 39.55694; -81.00528Coordinates: 39°33′25″N 81°0′19″W / 39.55694°N 81.00528°W / 39.55694; -81.00528
Area 5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built 1832
Architect Eli Wells
Architectural style Federal
NRHP reference #

86000054

[1]
Added to NRHP January 7, 1986

Wells-Schaff House, also known as "Welkin," is a historic home located at Sistersville, Tyler County, West Virginia. It was built in 1832, and is a two-story, Federal-style brick residence. It features a one-story front porch with Doric order columns added about 1896. The rear addition was built about 1935. Also on the property is a summer house (c. 1935) and the Wells Family cemetery containing the grave of Charles Wells (1745-1815), founder of Wells' Landing.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Barbara Kinkaid Schaff (September 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wells-Schaff House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-09.


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