Harry and Louisiana Beall Paull Mansion
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Harry and Louisiana Beall Paull Mansion, also known as "Morningside" and the Charles H. and Geraldine Beall House, is a historic home located at Wellsburg
Wellsburg, West Virginia
Wellsburg is a city in and the county seat of Brooke County, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. The 2000 Census recorded a population of 2,891, down from a count of 3,385 in the 1990 Census...

, Brooke County, West Virginia
Brooke County, West Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 25,447 people, 10,396 households, and 7,152 families residing in the county. The population density was 286 people per square mile . There were 11,150 housing units at an average density of 126 per square mile...

. It was built in 1907-1911, and is a stuccoed
Stucco
Stucco or render is a material made of an aggregate, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as decorative coating for walls and ceilings and as a sculptural and artistic material in architecture...

 dwelling in the Mediterranean Revival style with Spanish Colonial Revival style elements. It features a five bay portico
Portico
A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls...

 with a hipped roof and eight columns. It also has wrought iron
Wrought iron
thumb|The [[Eiffel tower]] is constructed from [[puddle iron]], a form of wrought ironWrought iron is an iron alloy with a very low carbon...

 porches and pan tile roofs. It was designed by noted Wheeling architect Frederick F. Faris
Frederick F. Faris
- Biography :He was born in St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio in 1870. He attended public schools and received no formal training as an architect. He joined the office of Edward Wells, another Wheeling architect and builder, then formed a partnership with Joseph Leiner. After that partnership...

 (1870-1927).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

in 1986.
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