Wildwood, also known as the General Alfred Beckley Home, is a historic home located at Beckley

Beckley, West Virginia

Beckley is a city in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States, which was founded on April 4, 1838. The 2008 population was estimated to be 16,832 by the U.S. Census Bureau. Early in its history, the town was known as Beckleyville and Raleigh Court House...

, Raleigh County, West Virginia

Raleigh County, West Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 79,220 people, 31,793 households, and 22,096 families residing in the county. The population density was 130 people per square mile . There were 35,678 housing units at an average density of 59 per square mile...

. It was built in 1835-1836, and started as an unpretentious double log cabin. In 1874, it was remodeled to its present form by General Alfred Beckley (1802–1888), founder of the city of Beckley. It was restored in the 1970s. The house is open as the Wildwood House Museum.

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 1970.