Nicholas Switzer House | |
Coordinates: | 39.0806°N -78.58°W |
Map Label: | Nicholas Switzer House |
Built: | 1778 |
Architect: | Nicholas Switzer |
Architecture: | I-house |
Added: | December 24, 2008 |
Refnum: | 08001238 |
Nicholas Switzer House, also known as The Old Stone House and "Switzerland," is a historic home located near Wardensville, Hardy County, West Virginia. The house was built in 1788, and is a two-story I-house with a lower-level and attic constructed of uncoursed fieldstone. It sits on a stone foundation and has a side-gable, standing seam metal roof. The rear elevation features a two-story porch built about 1880. The Switzer family were Swiss German immigrants.[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.