234 Old Stone House, Morgantown, WV
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fatcat161
N 39° 37.826 W 079° 57.394
17S E 589546 N 4387260
Located on Chestnut Street, between house and city garage in Morgantown
Waymark Code: WM74AQ
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 08/31/2009
Views: 8
Oldest stone house in Monongalia County. By legend built by Jacob Nuze on original lot 25. Sold 1795 to tavern-keeper Henry Dering. Owned 1800-1813 by potters John Thompson and Jacob Foulk. Bought by Joseph Shackelford who operated a tanyard here for 50 years. A minister, he led the first Methodist reform movement in area. First Methodist-Protestant Church formed here, 1830. Sold to Frank Cox and George Baker, 1895. Used as dwelling and tailor shop. Occupied by Morgantown Service League, 1935, and restored to near original condition for use as headquarters and shop. House donated to League by Cox heirs, 1976.
Type of marker: Numbered
UMC Historic Site #: 234
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