"Elm Grove", also known as Long's Landing, is a historic home and national historic district

Historic district (United States)

In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...

 located at Southside

Southside, West Virginia

Southside is an unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia, United States. Southside is located near the Kanawha River south of Leon. It is served by U.S. Route 35....

, Mason County, West Virginia

Mason County, West Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 25,957 people, 10,587 households, and 7,569 families residing in the county. The population density was 60 people per square mile . There were 12,056 housing units at an average density of 28 per square mile...

. The district includes seven contributing buildings and one contributing structure. The manor house is a High Victorian Italianate

Italianate architecture

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-style brick farmhouse built in 1884. It features two round attic portholes and three porches. Also on the property is a two story contributing log house built in 1803, 1920s bungalow

Bungalow

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, late 19th century barn, a large sandstone fireplace shaped kiln

Kiln

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, three outbuildings, and the site of the first brick manor house built c. 1830.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1992.