Chancery Hill Historic District

Historic district in West Virginia, United States

United States historic place


Chancery Hill Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Oak Grove Cemetery
39°37′20″N 79°57′43″W / 39.62222°N 79.96194°W / 39.62222; -79.96194
Area	34.3 acres (13.9 ha)
NRHP reference No.	99001401, 01001405^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 3, 1999, boundary increase November 29, 2001

Chancery Hill Historic District is a national historic district located at Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. The district originally included 109 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site, Oak Grove Cemetery. A boundary increase in 2001, added the already listed Alexander Wade House to the district. The district encompasses a residential area developed in the early-20th century on property that was once the farm of U.S. Senator Waitman T. Willey. It includes examples of popular architectural styles from that period including Queen Anne, American Foursquare, Colonial Revival, and Bungalow.^[2]^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999, with a boundary increase in 2001.^[1]

Oak Grove Cemetery

Notable burials include:

William E. Glasscock, 13th Governor of West Virginia
John Hagans, member of the United States House of Representatives from 1873 to 1875
George Cookman Sturgiss, member of the United States House of Representatives from 1907 to 1911
Waitman T. Willey, member of the Wheeling Convention, Senator for Virginia and West Virginia
Edgar C. Wilson, member of the United States House of Representatives from 1833 to 1835 for Virginia
Thomas Wilson, member of the United States House of Representatives from 1811 to 1813 for Virginia

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Amanda Keefover; Kathleen Kadlec; Danielle Hogan; Craig Kelso (February 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Chancery Hill Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
^ Katherine Jourdan; Karen Giuliani (July 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Chancery Hill Historic District (boundary increase)" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved August 20, 2011.