John J. Lincoln House
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John J. Lincoln House is a historic home located at Elkhorn
Elkhorn, West Virginia
Elkhorn is an unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. Elkhorn lies on U.S. Route 52 and takes its name from the creek that flows through the community....

, McDowell County, West Virginia
McDowell County, West Virginia
McDowell County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The land that became McDowell was originally part of Tazewell County, Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 22,113. Its county seat is Welch. McDowell county is the southern-most county in the state, geographically...

. It was built in 1899, and is a 2 1/2 story, "L"-shaped, frame dwelling on a stone foundation. It features a multigabled roofline, half-timber decoration, and a hipped roof wrap-around porch. Also on the property is a contributing two story I house and hipped roof, clapboard-sided dairy house. It was built for John J. Lincoln, an influential leader in southern West Virginia's coal mining industry.

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 1992.
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