Elmhurst | |
Location: | U.S. 60 at the Greenbrier R., Caldwell, West Virginia |
Coordinates: | 37.7806°N -80.3964°W |
Built: | 1824 |
Added: | June 5, 1975, December 20, 1990 (Boundary Increase) |
Refnum: | 75001887, 90001846 |
Elmhurst, also known as The Caldwell Place, is a historic inn and tavern located at Caldwell, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It was built in 1824 on the banks of the Greenbrier River near where a toll bridge for the James River and Kanawha Turnpike replaced a ferry crossing in 1821. It is a two-story red brick building, consisting of a 50adj=midNaNadj=mid by 50adj=midNaNadj=mid main section and a 50feet by 25feet ell. It features a two-story open portico supported by four square columns and capped by an ornamental stepped gable. The listing also includes three contributing frame dependencies, a gravel approach driveway, an early 20th-century stone wall, and a portion of the original road bed of the James River and Kanawha Turnpike.[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, and a boundary increase was added in 1990.