Shumaker-Lewis House
{{short description|Historic house in West Virginia, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Shumaker-Lewis House
| nrhp_type =
| image = Shumaker-Lewis House 2013-09-18 11-39-48.jpg
| caption =
| 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}}
}}
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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External links
- [http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1367 e-WV, The Encyclopedia of West Virginia: Virgil A. Lewis]
{{National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia}}
Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
Category:Houses completed in 1885
Category:Houses in Mason County, West Virginia
Category:Stick-Eastlake architecture in West Virginia
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Mason County, West Virginia
Category:Victorian architecture in West Virginia
Category:Buildings and structures demolished in 2014
Category:Demolished buildings and structures in West Virginia
Category:Demolished but still listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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