Rohrbaugh Cabin Explained

Rohrbaugh Cabin
Location:Smokehole Rd. (County Route 28/11), 3 miles south of junction with WV 28/WV 55, Monongahela National Forest, near Petersburg, West Virginia
Coordinates:38.9556°N -79.2419°W
Architecture:Vernacular, Log
Added:November 3, 1993
Built:c. 1880
Refnum:93000490

Rohrbaugh Cabin — also known as Allegheny Cabin — is a historic log cabin located on the eastern slope of North Fork Mountain near Petersburg, Grant County, West Virginia, USA.

Rohrbaugh Cabin was built about 1880, and is a -story, "double pen" plan log house built of tulip poplar logs. It measures 26 feet, two inches long, and 16 feet, 6 inches, deep. Also on the property are a frame storage shed, a log animal pen, stone springhouse remains, and portions of the original Smokehole roadbed.[1]

Rohrbaugh Cabin was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Rohrbaugh Cabin. January 1993. 2011-06-20 . C. Richard Bierce. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation.