Architecture

SAULSVILLE, W.Va. — Perhaps no other form of architecture is more strongly associated with West Virginia than the old-fashioned log cabin or what might more appropriately be called the hewn-timber house.New England has saltboxes, and the South has Greek Revivals, but the Virginian frontier, including what’s now West Virginia, produced a habitation that had never … Read more

WHEELING, W.VA. — Perhaps the most fantastic Victorian residence ever built in West Virginia was that of the founder of the company known for Mail Pouch Tobacco.Samuel Bloch, co‑founder and president of Bloch Brothers Tobacco Co., spared little expense in 1891 while creating the elaborate 20-room mansion on National Road in Pleasant Valley, which was … Read more