Anna Jarvis House Explained

Anna Jarvis House
Location:U.S. Routes 119 and 250, Webster, West Virginia
Coordinates:39.2936°N -80.0442°W
Built:1854
Architecture:I-House
Added:May 29, 1979
Refnum:79002601

Anna Jarvis House is a historic home located at Webster in Taylor County, West Virginia, United States. It was built in 1854, and is a frame I-house. It is notable as the birthplace of Anna Jarvis, founder of Mother's Day, and as General George B. McClellan's first field headquarters during his 1861 western Virginia campaign.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Anna Jarvis House. January 1979. 2011-07-09 . James E. Harding. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. https://web.archive.org/web/20110629183002/http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/taylor/79002601.pdf. 29 June 2011 . live.