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New River Gorge National Park
America's newest national park featuring one of the oldest rivers in the world, world-class whitewater rafting, and the iconic New River Gorge Bridge.
8 km · about 15 min drive
West Virginia, United States · North America
Ansted is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Fayetteville, 8km from New River Gorge National Park.
Ansted is a town located in West Virginia, United States. With a population of 1,397, it is an important destination in North America.
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Page-Vawter House in the town of Ansted in Fayette County, West Virginia was built in 1889-90 by company carpenters of the Gauley Mountain Coal Company for the family of William Nelson Page, who was company president. The palatial Victorian mansion is located on a knoll in the middle of town. William and Emma (néeRead more
Gilham) Page raised their four children there, attended by a staff of 8 servants.
Architect William Minter designed the house in a Gothic style. It has 15 regular rooms, plus a butler's pantry and a dressing room. There are 11 fireplaces with hand-carved wooden mantels; most are in different styles. Even the doors have ornately decorated hinges. The exterior features 52 8-foot-tall windows
According to author and railroad historian H. Reid in his book The Virginian Railway (Kalmbach, 1961), it was in this mansion that Page developed the plans for the coal-hauling Virginian Railway, which was financed by industrialist Henry Huddleston Rogers and became the "Richest Little Railroad in the World" after its completion in 1909. The nearby railroad town of Page was named for him.
The mansion was later occupied by several generations of the Vawter family. In the 21st century, it still stands as evidence of the once-thriving coal business. It underwent a ground up restoration in 2007 by Jim and Debbie Campbell who are the current owners.
The Page-Vawter House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
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Ansted is located in West Virginia, United States, North America. The coordinates are 38.1362 latitude, -81.0995 longitude.
Ansted has a population of approximately 1,397 people, making it a town in United States.
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America's newest national park featuring one of the oldest rivers in the world, world-class whitewater rafting, and the iconic New River Gorge Bridge.
8 km · about 15 min drive
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