Albert Gallatin Jenkins House

Lesage, Cabell County

2017 Update: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) completed restoration work on the House and it remains structurally sound and in good overall condition.  The building is part of a U.S. Government managed land tract, administered by the USACE.  However, the USACE has no use for the structure. They have been and continue to actively search for individuals or organization interested in making use of, occupying, and assuming stewardship of the House. In the meantime, the building remains vacant and the Army Corps continues to maintain the building and the surrounding property.​
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http://www.lrh.usace.army.mil/Missions/CivilWorks/CurrentProjects/JenkinsHouse.aspx​

2012: The brick Albert Gallatin Jenkins House (Cabell County) was constructed in 1835, most likely by slaves living and working on the property.  It is best recognized for the activities of its namesake, Confederate Brigadier General and United States and Confederate Congressman Albert Gallatin.  But, the home also represents the contributions enslaved people made towards the growth of plantation wealth in antebellum Virginia, in addition to their efforts in constructing the plantation’s built environment.  Currently owned by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and leased to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), this building has been mothballed with no plans to preserve its deteriorating first-level floor and floor joists that are in danger of collapsing.  The Greenbottom Society hopes to continue the preservation and restoration work by petitioning and searching for possible funds.  Additionally, the Greenbottom Society maintains its decades-long goal to restore the house, rebuild the outbuildings, interpret the building and site, and create programming.  The society hopes to include the property on the WV Civil War Trails program thus increasing interest and visitation. ​

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