Henderson Hall Historic District, 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 near Williamstown

Williamstown, West Virginia

Williamstown is a city in Wood County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River. It is part of the Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,996 at the 2000 census...

, Wood County, West Virginia

Wood County, West Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 87,986 people, 36,275 households, and 24,884 families residing in the county. The population density was 240 people per square mile . There were 39,785 housing units at an average density of 108 per square mile...

. It encompasses 10 contributing buildings, 4 contributing structures, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing object. The primary building is "Henderson Hall," a three-story, Italianate

Italianate architecture

The Italianate style of architecture was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. In the Italianate style, the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian Renaissance architecture, which had served as inspiration for both Palladianism and...

 mansion built between 1856 and 1859. Attached to the dwelling is a rear block, constructed in 1836. The remaining buildings are part of the associated farm complex. They include a log smokehouse

Smokehouse

A smokehouse is a building where meat or fish is cured with smoke. The finished product might be stored in the building, sometimes for a year or more.-History:...

 (c. 1836), carriage barn and schoolroom (c. 1860), log corn crib

Corn crib

A corn crib or corncrib is a type of granary used to dry and store corn. It is also known as a cornhouse or corn house, though this term can refer to any granary....

 (c. 1836), corncrib (c. 1856), scale house (c. 1856), cow barn (c. 1850), barn (c. 1895), tenant house (c. 1895-1900), "Woodhaven" (the Henry Clay Henderson House) (c. 1877), Henderson Cemetery, stone terrace wall, stne mounting block, and three prehistoric Indian mounds.

It was listed to the National Register of Historical Places in 1986.