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Lynnside Manor

2/23/2012

 
Sweet Springs, Monroe County

2017 Update: The restoration project plans for Lynnside Manor, the central building in the Lynnside Historic District, continue to be on hold.  The grounds have been enhanced by planting trees, pruning, and caring for the heritage oaks.  The owner has had a struggle with obtaining tax credit applicability.  Until a source of funding can be found, the restoration of Lynnside Manor back to its pre-1933 state will not occur.
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2012: Lynnside Manor (Monroe County) is one of the last remaining Greek Revival dwellings in MonroeCounty and is the central building in the Lynnside Historic District.  The main house, Lynnside Manor, was constructed in 1845, most likely by enslaved people working on the surrounding plantation, and served as the Lewis Family home for many generations.  The Lewis Family and their enslaved population significantly contributed to the economic development of antebellum Virginia and West Virginia.  In 1933, fire engulfed the historic manor, and since then, Lynnside has undergone some restoration efforts that were stalled in the 1950s.  Currently, efforts have been restarted with the goal to restore the home and surrounding buildings to their pre-1933 state.
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Albert Gallatin Jenkins House

2/23/2012

 
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​
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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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First Baptist Church

2/23/2012

 
Union, Monroe County

March 2019 Update: The building was cleaned in 2018 in preparation for a house tour of Union which was very successful.

At the moment, the building is not in current use.

The roof and the windows are tight, but the brickwork needs attention. There are two massive columns in front requiring re-plastering

2017 Update: The building continues to have issues with brickwork and column refinishing.  The remaining repair work requires professional help.  Finding funding to complete the needed work continues to be a struggle.  Several attempts have been made for funding from WV Culture and History.  However, the available money is restricted to structures in eminent danger of collapse.  Additionally, there has been no interest in reusing the building therefore there has been no pressure to rehabilitate it.
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2012: The First Baptist Church (Monroe County) is located in the heart of the Union Historic District. William B. Phillips, master builder and brick mason who once worked under Thomas Jefferson constructed it in 1845, in Jeffersonian Classical Revival style. The church‘s largely white congregation dissipated after the Civil War making it available to a black congregation led by formerly enslaved Reverend Charles Campbell.  In 1997, the remaining congregation members deeded the church to the Monroe County Historical Society (MCHS).  It has since undergone an extensive preservation project, which was unfortunately halted in April 2006 when tornado-like storms ravaged the building of its prominent 36-foot tower.  Since this destruction, MCHS and community members have rallied together to fundraise for the restoration project. The ultimate goal for the project is to make the church available to the community, although its use is not yet determined.  Residents are entertaining ideas such as a new location for the Monroe County Museum or a gallery and store for the Monroe County Arts Alliance.

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Northern Railroad Water Tower

2/23/2012

 
Kingwood, Preston County

2017 Update: No updates have been made available to PAWV in 2017.

As of the last update provided to PAWV, in April 2015, Preston County Parks and Recreation Commission (PCPaRC) purchased ten miles of the former West Virginia Northern railroad corridor between Kingwood and Tunnelton for conversion into a rail-trail. The water tower, which sat on this purchased property, is now owned and managed by PCPaRC.  The tower had been leaning and had become a safety hazard.  In April 2016, an engineering report and restoration estimates were obtained to repair and stabilize the tower.  However, the water tower has since been taken down and placed into storage, pending future plans.   In a 2015 proposed plan, the water tower, the nearby former railcar maintenance facility, and the 2.5 acres adjacent to the water tower were envisioned to be the Kingwood–Tunnelton Rail-Trail entrance.  
  • http://www.cheat.org/our-work/watershed-restoration/brownfields-revitalization/​
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2012: The Northern Railroad Water Tower (Preston County) was constructed in the early twentieth century during the development of the Morgantown & Kingwood Railroad.  It was historically used for storage to assist with the fluid operation of the trains hauling building stone, lumber, glass sand, and the enormous coal resources found between Rowlesburg and Morgantown.  Situated on a brownfield site and former rail yard, the tower poses a safety threat because of its leaning frame.  Friends of the Cheat (FOC) in conjunction with the Preston Rail Trail Committee and the Preston Economic Development Authority have been working to secure the rail yard for use as a rail-trail system with the preserved water tower acting as a trail head for a Rail-to-Trail corridor.  FOC has applied for a FOCUS grant through Northern WV Brownfields Assistance Center to determine the community’s interest and needs in an effort to develop reuse plans for the rail yard and tower.
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Old Clay County Courthouse

2/23/2012

 
Town of Clay, Clay County

2017 Update: No updates have been made available to PAWV in the past six months.
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As of the last update provided to PAWV in January 2017, the courthouse structure did not suffer damage during the June 2016 flood.  However, many of the courthouse documents and oral histories had been stored at an off-site location that did sustain major water damage.  Some of the wet documents and pictures have been saved with the help of Dr. Karen Walker, a former Clay resident who is now an archaeologist and a collections manager with the University of Florida.  She spent ten days teaching local volunteers and historical society members how to appropriately dry out the documents and pictures, copy, and digitize them.  Approximately 100 cassette tapes of Clay County oral family histories had been saved from the flood.  A group of volunteers from the Church of Latter Day Saints (who also assisted with drying out artifacts) have offered to help set up a courthouse website to post the oral histories online.
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In terms of the courthouse structure, it continues to need a great deal of work.  The foundation requires sealing; the plumbing and electrical wiring require upgrading; handicap accessibility needs to be addressed; and, most recently, the cupola is leaking water and needs to be repaired.  The subsequent water damage has caused the ceiling tiles to fall into the courtroom.  The cupola repair is the most immediate need, and the site stewards will be seeking funding for the project.
  • http://www.claywvhistoricalsociety.org/home.html​
2012: Erected in 1902 under the supervision of architect Frank L. Packard, the Old Clay County Courthouse (Clay County) is the only property in Clay County listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  Common for its period of construction, the building is recognized for its eclectic architecture, which borrowed heavily from the Beaux Arts movement. The Clay County Landmarks Commission and Historical Society (CCLCHS) has initiated prior preservation work, but the building continues to be threatened by water infiltration in both its lower and upper portions.  The CCLCHS is working with local government officials and citizens to adapt this building to be used as a public space, museum, and repository with hopes that it can be owned, operated, and maintained by the CCLCHS.
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East Wheeling Historic District

2/23/2012

 
Wheeling, Ohio County

2017 Update: In the East Wheeling Historic District, 32 buildings – including multiple historic dwellings on 15th and 16th Streets – were lost to demolition in the summer of 2012 to make way for the new JB Chambers Sports Complex.  Residents who were living in the neighborhood lost their lawsuit, which challenged the City of Wheeling’s eminent domain proceedings, arguing the field would be primarily for the benefit of the private Wheeling Central Catholic High School.  The sports complex has since been completed, with the entire demolish-and-rebuild project costing $3.3 million - including almost $2 million in taxpayer dollars. The facility is primarily reservation-based and is utilized mainly by sports teams and community groups; in October 2016, after local residents’ complaints, the city recreation department scheduled two days that month for public use.
  • http://www.theintelligencer.net/news/top-headlines/2016/10/taxpayers-spent-about-2m-on-the-j-b-chambers-sports-complex/
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2012: The integrity of the East Wheeling Historic District (Ohio County) is currently threatened by the impending demolition of 34 structures located within its boundaries, primarily on 15th and 16th streets.  The City of Wheeling has declared eminent domain on two streets in the district in order to clear them for the creation of a new sports complex.  The dwellings in the district historically housed workers, managers, and owners of Wheeling’s steel, iron, and coal industries at the peak of Wheeling’s prosperity as a thriving river town.  If the property owners can maintain control of their buildings, they have planned an adaptive reuse project that will create a recreational space with community gardens and a cafe on the interior of the two streets with some of the building facades serving as entry points to the green space.  PAWV will assist technically with four specific buildings located on 15th Street: publicly-owned Civil War Twins - the oldest buildings in the potentially-razed streets and named for their period of construction; a mid-19th century, privately-owned dwelling, which serves as the cornerstone of two blocks in the historic district; and an 1870 privately-owned residence originally owned by David Bayha, tinsmith and owner of an Architectural Sheet Metal Work Company based in Wheeling.
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McCoy Fort

2/23/2012

 
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Williamsburg, Greenbrier County

March 2019 Update: The Williamsburg District Historic Foundation is looking for a licensed and reputable contractor to assist with the reconstruction of the log structure, which has been disassembled since 2013. The logs are stored exposed to the weather and will not continue to be sound. Inspection a year ago by an historic archetectural engineer found them to be useful at this point, but each year that passes will cause further decay.

A group of volunteers is gathering to raise the logs this coming summer. They have put together donations for the foundation construction. Currently a stone mason is being sought to estimate this work. The original stones are on site, but the location requires a concrete footer as well. 

2017 Update: No updates have been made available to PAWV in 2017.
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As of the last update provided to PAWV in 2016, PAWV conducted a two-day, Preserve WV AmeriCorps civic service project at McCoy Fort in July 2016, with multiple AmeriCorps members and community volunteers working together.  The fort’s logs (which had been disassembled in 2013) were moved from their original site to the Williamsburg District Historic Foundation’s museum grounds.  There, the logs were measured, surveyed for damage, photographed, and stacked onto pallets by type. In November, the fort’s original foundation stones were moved for reconstruction as well.  An architect has been selected to draw up reconstruction plans, which will integrate the original fort logs with hemlock logs cut for the purpose. 
  •  http://www.badlandsbluegrass.com/about.htm​

2012: Fort McCoy (Greenbrier County) is a log fort constructed by the William McCoy Family, around 1770.  It is currently situated inside a wood barn that is near collapse.  The fort and its surrounding site are potentially rich in archaeological information that could provide further documentation about Native Americans and early white settlers’ non-militia, privately constructed forts.  The Williamsburg District Historical Foundation is slated to lease the fort and a few acres of surrounding property from the current property owner.  The Foundation, in addition to the Williamsburg Community Action Group and Greenbrier Historical Society, aim to complete an archaeological dig of the site but must first remove the barn, dismantle the fort, and store its elements to be reconstructed after the completion of the dig. The Badlands Bluegrass Festival will be held in June of this year to benefit the project. 
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William and Mary Queen Store

2/23/2012

 
Crum, Wayne County

March 2019 Update: The Coalfield Development Corporation successfully applied for and was awarded $20,000.00 in pre-development assistance through the WV Affordable Housing Trust Fund for the property.

2017 Update:
A contract has been signed for a new roof on the building.  In April 2017, Coalfield Development Corporation (CDC), with the assistance of Preserve WV AmeriCorps members, successfully cleaned around the building.   Multiple types of trash debris were disposed and overgrown foliage was cut back to allow for easy access to all sides of the building for roof installers.  In July 2017, CDC crews worked multiple weeks for several days cleaning out the extensive collapsed roof debris.  A date for the roof installation is still pending.
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CDC has plans to repurpose the property as mixed-income apartments, with additional plans for adding a library, fitness center, and Wayne County tourism kiosk.  However, the project funder has backed out. The organization continues to actively seek a new funding source.
2012: The William and Mary Queen Store (Wayne County) is known as the most beautiful structure in Crum and has historically been the town’s central building along King Coal Highway 52.  Constructed of local sandstone in 1935 by Italian stonemasons under the direction of Alec Deminio, this building historically served as the town’s general store but has been vacant for decades.  Because of such disuse and neglect, the flat roof has collapsed, and the entire building is in very poor condition.  However, the Coalfield Development Corporation has plans to acquire, revitalize, and adapt it for use as the headquarters for its 21st Century Jobs Initiative, which will provide innovative on-the-job training and mentorship programs for young people growing up in generational cycles of poverty.  The second story will provide affordable housing. ​
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Arthurdale Heritage School Buildings

2/23/2012

 
Arthurdale, Preston County

March 2019 Update: There has been no progress. Several years ago plans to turn them into apartments fell through when the ground would not perk, and there was no affordable solution.

Future plans are to repaint and repair the school buildings.
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2017 Update:
There has been no new progress with the school buildings.  Due to the cost of rehabilitating the buildings and the current septic system not being large enough (a previous plan, designed by AU Associates, was to repurpose the building for senior housing), Arthurdale Heritage sees no feasible way to save the property at this time.  Therefore, they have requested to be withdrawn from the Endangered Properties List. 
  • http://www.arthurdaleheritage.org
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2012: The Arthurdale Heritage School buildings (Preston County) are owned by Arthurdale Heritage, Inc. (AHI) and are integral to the history of Arthurdale, the nation’s first New Deal Homestead Community.  Constructed in 1936 under former President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal administration, the high school, cafeteria/administration building, and elementary school have sat vacant for the past ten years but were mothballed in 2003.  Due to AHI’s limited budget and staff, the buildings are currently threatened with deterioration from disuse.  The ultimate goal is to develop a clear strategy to rehabilitate and adaptively reuse the buildings to be self-sustaining.  Grant funding is being actively sought, and a committee is working to determine the next best step for development. ​
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Staats Hospital

2/23/2012

 
Charleston, Kanawha County
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March 2019 Update: 
Financing is scarce for a project of this size, and there has been a struggle to find a single tenant to take over the large space (although some negotiations are taking place). Approximately 70 windows are still blown out or leaking, allowing the elements into the interior. 

2017 Update:
 In 2017, 21 top floor windows of the building’s 90 windows have been replaced.  Crawford Holdings continues to seek potential tenants to commercially lease the building’s first floor spaces.  The building’s rehabilitation has yet to be completed and any form of grant funding continues to be a need
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2016 Update: Crawford Holdings, owner of the former Staats Hospital, celebrated the unveiling of a historically-accurate renovation of the building’s façade earlier this year. The façade is almost an exact rendition of what was built nearly 100 years ago. This is a major achievement in the progress of preserving the Staats Hospital building, which has been featured on the West Virginia Endangered Properties List twice (2005 and 2012) and was vacant for over a decade. Crawford Holdings is revamping all four floors of the building to be used for offices, retail space, and housing. It is an exciting project for Charleston’s West Side and is made possible through support from the Charleston Urban Renewal Authority, the West Virginia State Historic Preservation Office, the Charleston Area Alliance, and West Side Main Street.
2012 List: Constructed in 1922, the four-story Staats Hospital (Kanawha County) is the cornerstone of the ElkCity historic district on Charleston’s West Side.  John Norman, the first registered Black architect in West Virginia, designed the building in Classical Revival style.   The building is at risk structurally from water infiltration through a leaking roof and open windows.  Additionally, the upper floors have been sealed for over 20 years because of asbestos and lead paint contamination.  Construction workers are currently stripping the building of any salvageable metal materials in preparation for potential demolition.  West Side Main Street (WSMS) has been in discussions with the lien holder to stop any demolition projects and plans to cultivate a partnership with a private developer to rehabilitate the building for mixed commercial and residential use.  WSMS will also remediate the building with funds from brownfields clean-up grants. 
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2005 List: Built in 1922, Staats Hospital was designed by John C. Norman, Sr., a prominent Charleston resident and West Virginia’s first registered African American architect. The landmark building originally housed a movie theater, retail establishments & lodge hall before being converted into a hospital.

Rising four stories, the building is made of brick and adorned with an elegant and architecturally significant columned façade. Since the hospital closed in the early 1980s only the first floor has remained in continual use.

Building owners have received approval to demolish Staats Hospital in favor of a modern doctor’s office facing the opposite direction.
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The former hospital is slated to become a parking lot, thus leaving a gaping hole in an intact historic streetscape that boasts a number of significant late 19th and early 20th century buildings. Fortunately, a growing grassroots effort has emerged to save the building, encouraging city officials and property owners to work together to come up with a viable alternative to demolition.
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