E. B. Hawkins House
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E. B. Hawkins House, also known as the Hawkins-Ballard House, is a historic mansion
located at Fayetteville
, Fayette County, West Virginia
. It was built in 1905-1906, and is a 12000 square feet (1,114.8 m²) clapboard and shingle-sided dwelling in a modified Colonial Revival
style. It features gambrel roofs and rambling porches. Also on the property are a guest house (c. 1918), garage (c. 1910), barn (c. 1905-1906), and frame cottage (c. 1918). It is now known as the Historic White Horse Bed and Breakfast.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1990.
Mansion
A mansion is a very large dwelling house. U.S. real estate brokers define a mansion as a dwelling of over . A traditional European mansion was defined as a house which contained a ballroom and tens of bedrooms...
located at Fayetteville
Fayetteville, West Virginia
Fayetteville is a town in and the county seat of Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,754 at the 2000 census.Fayetteville was listed as one of the 2006 "Top 10 Coolest Small Towns in America" by Budget Travel Magazine ....
, Fayette County, West Virginia
Fayette County, West Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 47,579 people, 18,945 households, and 13,128 families residing in the county. The population density was 72 people per square mile . There were 21,616 housing units at an average density of 33 per square mile...
. It was built in 1905-1906, and is a 12000 square feet (1,114.8 m²) clapboard and shingle-sided dwelling in a modified Colonial Revival
Colonial Revival architecture
The Colonial Revival was a nationalistic architectural style, garden design, and interior design movement in the United States which sought to revive elements of Georgian architecture, part of a broader Colonial Revival Movement in the arts. In the early 1890s Americans began to value their own...
style. It features gambrel roofs and rambling porches. Also on the property are a guest house (c. 1918), garage (c. 1910), barn (c. 1905-1906), and frame cottage (c. 1918). It is now known as the Historic White Horse Bed and Breakfast.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1990.