Craik-Patton House is a historic home located at Charleston, West Virginia

Charleston, West Virginia

Charleston is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha Rivers in Kanawha County. As of the 2010 census, it has a population of 51,400, and its metropolitan area 304,214. It is the county seat of Kanawha County.Early...

. It was built about 1834 in the Greek Revival

Greek Revival architecture

The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture...

 style. It was originally located on Virginia Street in Charleston, but moved to its present site in 1973 to save it from the threat of demolition. It features four massive columns that support the extended center roof with pilasters placed above the front facade. It was faithfully restored and preserved for the public by the Colonial Dames of America in the state of West Virginia and open for tours from April through October.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 in 1970.

External links

• Craik-Patton House, Daniel Boone Park, U.S. Route 60, Charleston, Kanawha, WV: 2 photos, 2 data pages, 2 photo caption pages, 1 color transparency, and supplemental materials at Historic American Building Survey
• Craik-Patton House website