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Oxford is an unincorporated community in Doddridge County, West Virginia, United States. Its post office was in operation until 1908. Its post office was in operation until 1908. [ 2 ]
The term Oxford House refers to any house operating under the "Oxford House Model", a community-based approach to addiction recovery, which provides an independent, supportive, and sober living environment. [1] Today there are nearly 3,000 Oxford Houses in the United States and other countries. [2] Each house is based on three rules:
The house remains in the hands of the Shepherd family. The original stone house has been extensively altered, with brick Victorian-era alterations exchanged for the present Colonial Revival style with a tetrastyle Ionic portico. [2] The second story was added in the late 19th century, and all windows were converted to an arched pattern.
The main house was built in 1757, and is a two-story, stone house with a slate gable roof. Porches were added during the 20th century. Also on the property is a stuccoed brick ice house (c. 1900), bunk house (1905), and a barn / garage (c. 1910). [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. [1]
The castle-like house was built for Colonel Samuel Taylor Suit of Washington, D.C. as a personal retreat near the spa town, beginning in 1885. It was not complete by the time of his death in 1888 and was finished in the early 1890s for his young widow, Rosa Pelham Suit, whom Suit had first met at Berkeley Springs, and their three children. [2]
Samuel Shrewsbury Sr. House, also known as the Old Stone House, is a historic home located at Belle, Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was built about 1810, and is a small single-pile sandstone building with a medium pitched gable roof. [2] It is owned by the Belle Historical Restoration Society, Inc. and open as a historic house museum. [3]
The Graham House is notable as being a particularly large house compared to other log cabins of the period. The exterior of the house measures 25 feet (7.6 m) by 28 feet (8.5 m), and the cabin consists of two floors and an attic, including a 12-foot (3.7 m) ceiling.
William Edgar Haymond House is a historic home located at Sutton, Braxton County, West Virginia. It was designed in 1894, and is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame dwelling in the Queen Anne-style. It sits on a sandstone foundation and features a porch supported by four round Doric order columns. Also on the property is a garage dated to the 1920s. [2]