Samuel Starks House

Samuel Starks House

Samuel Starks House, April 2009
Location 413 Shrewsbury St., Charleston, West Virginia
Coordinates 38°21′2″N 81°37′50″W / 38.35056°N 81.63056°W / 38.35056; -81.63056Coordinates: 38°21′2″N 81°37′50″W / 38.35056°N 81.63056°W / 38.35056; -81.63056
Built 1906
Architectural style American Foursquare
NRHP Reference #

87002526

[1]
Added to NRHP February 01, 1988

Samuel Starks House is a historic home located at Charleston, West Virginia.

It is an American Foursquare style home built in 1908, as home for Samuel W. Starks (1866-1908). Mr. Starks was a nationally prominent African American leader in the Knights of Pythias fraternal organization.[2]

It was severely damaged by a fire in 1981 and subsequently repaired and renovated. The Samuel Starks House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form" (PDF). Samuel Starks House. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. 2009-04-04.


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