Shumaker-Lewis House

{{short description|Historic house in West Virginia, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Shumaker-Lewis House

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| image = Shumaker-Lewis House 2013-09-18 11-39-48.jpg

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| location = Brown St., Mason, West Virginia

| coordinates = {{coord|39|1|9|N|82|1|53|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = West Virginia#USA

| built = c. 1885

| added = March 26, 1979

| area = less than one acre

| refnum = 79002589{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

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Shumaker-Lewis House, also known as Virgil A. Lewis House, was a historic home located in Mason, West Virginia. It was built about 1885, and was a two-story Victorian-era frame cottage. It featured a two tier Eastlake movement style porch. It was the home of Virgil A. Lewis (1848-1912), the first State Historian and Archivist of West Virginia, 1905–1912. It was the headquarters of the Mason City Historical Society.{{cite web|url=https://wvculture.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Virgil-lewis-house.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Shumaker-Lewis House|date=October 1978|accessdate=2011-08-05 |author=Rodney S. Collins|publisher=State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation}} It was demolished in 2014 and the Virgil A. Lewis Park now occupies the site.{{Cite web |title=Shumaker-Lewis House |url=https://theclio.com/entry/17574 |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=Clio |language=en}}

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

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