Tuscawilla | |
Location: | South of Lewisburg off U.S. Route 219, near Lewisburg, West Virginia |
Coordinates: | 37.7833°N -80.45°W |
Built: | 1844 |
Builder: | Dunn, John W. |
Architecture: | Classical Revival, Federal |
Added: | December 19, 1979 |
Refnum: | 79002576 |
Tuscawilla, also known as Knight Farm and Edward Dana Knight Farm, is a historic home located near Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It was built in 1844, and is an L-shaped brick house with a five-bay front facing west. The facade has both Federal and Neo-Classical design elements. It features a one-story portico with modified Doric order columns centered at the front elevation. Several additions were made to the house after 1920.[1]
It was built by John W. Dunn, "a noted contractor-architect" of the Greenbrier Valley region, and "is viewed as among the most significant houses" of the region.[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.