Rohrbaugh Cabin

Rohrbaugh Cabin
Location Smokehole Rd. (County Route 28/11), 3 miles south of junction with WV 28/WV 55, Monongahela National Forest, near Petersburg, West Virginia
Coordinates 38°57′20″N 79°14′31″W / 38.95556°N 79.24194°W / 38.95556; -79.24194Coordinates: 38°57′20″N 79°14′31″W / 38.95556°N 79.24194°W / 38.95556; -79.24194
Area 4.3 acres (1.7 ha)
Built c. 1880
Architectural style Vernacular, Log
NRHP Reference #

93000490

[1]
Added to NRHP November 3, 1993

Rohrbaugh Cabin — also known as Allegheny Cabin — is a historic log cabin located on the eastern slope of North Fork Mountain near Petersburg, Grant County, West Virginia, USA.

Rohrbaugh Cabin was built about 1880, and is a 2 1/2 story, "double pen" plan log house built of tulip poplar logs. It measures 26 feet, two inches long, and 16 feet, 6 inches, deep. Also on the property are a frame storage shed, a log animal pen, stone springhouse remains, and portions of the original Smokehole roadbed.[2]

Rohrbaugh Cabin was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ C. Richard Bierce (January 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Rohrbaugh Cabin" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-20.


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