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Wallace Estill Sr. House

Wallace Estill Sr. House
The house in 2022
Wallace Estill Sr. House is located in West Virginia
Wallace Estill Sr. House
Wallace Estill Sr. House is located in the United States
Wallace Estill Sr. House
Nearest cityUnion, West Virginia
Coordinates37°31′34″N 80°37′43″W / 37.52611°N 80.62861°W / 37.52611; -80.62861
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1773
ArchitectWallace Estille Sr.
NRHP reference No.84003634[1]
Added to NRHPApril 9, 1984

Wallace Estill Sr. House, also known as the Old Stone House, is a historic home located near Union, Monroe County, West Virginia. It was built in 1773, is of stone and frame construction. The stone part measures 20 feet, 6 inches, by 25 feet, 6 inches. The house has two stone chimneys from which three fireplaces and two flues for woodstoves are provided. It is a good example of pioneer architecture. The house is the ancestral home of United States Senator Chuck Robb as his grandmother, Susan Gay Estill, was the great-granddaughter of its owner Isaac Estill.[2]

Wallace Estill's son, Captain James Estill, was a Kentucky militia officer during the Revolutionary War, after whom Estill County, Kentucky was named. Captain Estill was killed at the Battle of Little Mountain, also known as Estill's Defeat, during the Revolutionary War.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Adonna Dowdy (October 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wallace Estill Sr. House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-18.


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