Morton House (Webster Springs, West Virginia)
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Morton House, also known as Morton Mansion, is a historic home located at Webster Springs
Webster Springs, West Virginia
Webster Springs is a town in Webster County, West Virginia, United States. Although it was incorporated as Addison in 1892, it is more frequently referred to as Webster Springs, the name of the town's post office. It was named as such for Addison McLaughlin, upon whose land the town was originally...

, Webster County, West Virginia. It is a Queen Anne style
Queen Anne Style architecture
The Queen Anne Style in Britain means either the English Baroque architectural style roughly of the reign of Queen Anne , or a revived form that was popular in the last quarter of the 19th century and the early decades of the 20th century...

 house that dates to 1912. It is a massive red brick dwelling set on a solid stone foundation and with a hipped roof. It features two, 2 1/2 story turrets and each is topped with a conical shingled roof and capped with wooden finial
Finial
The finial is an architectural device, typically carved in stone and employed decoratively to emphasize the apex of a gable or any of various distinctive ornaments at the top, end, or corner of a building or structure. Smaller finials can be used as a decorative ornament on the ends of curtain rods...

s. It also has a wraparound porch around 3/4 of the house. It was the home of Eskridge H. Morton (1866-1940) a prominent local attorney and elected official in the West Virginia State Government.

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 1986.
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