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Purinton House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Purinton House, September 2012
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Location	University Ave., Morgantown, West Virginia
Coordinates	39°38′5″N 79°57′20″W / 39.63472°N 79.95556°W / 39.63472; -79.95556
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	1904
Architect	Fulton, J. Charles
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Colonial Revival
MPS	West Virginia University Neo-Classical Revival Buildings TR
NRHP reference No.	85003206
Added to NRHP	December 19, 1985

Purinton House is a historic home associated with the West Virginia University and located at Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It was built in 1904, and is a 2+1⁄2-story masonry dwelling with Classical Revival and Colonial Revival style features. It features a large wraparound porch whose hip roof is supported by Ionic order columns. The porch roof is topped by a balustrade. The roof is topped by a balustraded deck and widow's walk. It served as the on-campus residence for university presidents from 1905 to 1967. On November 2, 1911, President William Howard Taft delivered the address "World Wide Speech," from the front porch of Purinton House.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Randall Gooden (July 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Purinton House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-18.

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