National Register of Historic Places

Jenkins, Gen. Albert Gallatin, House

Green Bottom, Cabell County, West Virginia
Listed
May 21, 1978
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
78002791

About this property

The Gen. Albert Gallatin Jenkins House — known historically (along with its 4,395 acre estate) as "Green Bottom" — is located on the east bank of the Ohio River about 7 miles north of Lesage, Cabell County, West Virginia. The plantation house was built about 1835, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, rectangular, brick dwelling in a late period Federal style. It sits on a sandstone foundation and the interior has a center hall, single pile plan. The most prominent resident was Albert Gallatin Jenkins (1830–1864), a two-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1857–61), who then joined the Confederate States Army in the Civil War, attaining the rank of brigadier general before dying of wounds received in battle in 1864. The house is open as a museum operated by the West Virginia Division of Culture and History. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Location

8814 Ohio River Rd.
Green Bottom, Cabell County, West Virginia
38.58672, -82.24928

Categories

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Sources

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When was Jenkins, Gen. Albert Gallatin, House listed on the National Register?

Jenkins, Gen. Albert Gallatin, House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 21, 1978.

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Jenkins, Gen. Albert Gallatin, House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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