The Manor

The Manor is a historic residence near Petersburg, Grant County, West Virginia. It is also identified as the Peter and Jesse Hutton Farm, a name that reflects the property's historical association with the Hutton family. The principal house was constructed around 1830, placing it within the early nineteenth-century development of the region and the period in which Greek Revival architecture became influential in the United States. The surviving building is a substantial two-and-a-half-story, L-shaped brick dwelling. Its most distinctive architectural feature is a two-story portico with a pediment, supported by four large square columns. This formal entrance treatment gives the house a pronounced Greek Revival character and distinguishes it from more modest vernacular farm residences of the period. The use of brick, the building's scale, and the classical portico indicate a property designed to express permanence and status as well as to serve as a working rural residence. The historic property includes more than the main dwelling. Documented dependencies include a separate kitchen, a meathouse, a small storage barn, and a large frame barn. Together, these structures provide evidence of the property's former domestic and agricultural organization. The arrangement is significant because it preserves the relationship between the principal house and the service and farm buildings that supported life on the property. The Manor was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. That designation recognizes the site for its architectural and historical value and places it within the United States' system for identifying and documenting important historic properties. The available reference material does not establish a commercial product line, corporate ownership structure, public-company status, or a consumer-facing brand operation. Accordingly, The Manor is best understood as a named historic property rather than a conventional commercial brand. Its importance rests on its architecture, associated buildings, historical identity, and preservation status.

The Manor is a historic house located near Petersburg in Grant County, West Virginia. It is also known as Peter and Jesse Hutton Farm, linking the property to the Hutton family and to its historical role as a rural farmstead. The house was built about 1830, during a period when Greek Revival architectural ideas were spreading widely across the United States. In this context, the design represented a formal interpretation of classical architecture applied to a substantial domestic and agricultural property. The main dwelling is a two-and-a-half-story brick building with an L-shaped plan. Its principal architectural feature is a two-story portico topped by a pediment and carried by four massive square columns. The portico creates a strongly classical façade and is the clearest expression of the house's Greek Revival design. The brick construction and imposing entrance also reflect the permanence and social standing traditionally associated with larger farm residences of the period. The historic significance of the site extends beyond the main house. The property retains a group of dependencies, including a kitchen, a meathouse, a small storage barn, and a large frame barn. These structures represent the practical organization of a nineteenth-century farm, separating food preparation, storage, livestock or agricultural work, and domestic life while maintaining the main house as the principal architectural focus. Their survival adds context to the property and helps explain how the farm operated historically. The Manor was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The listing formally recognized the property as an important historic resource. The designation reflects both the architectural interest of the Greek Revival house and the value of the associated farm buildings as part of a coherent historic setting. The available source material does not provide a detailed ownership chronology, information about the Hutton family beyond the property's name, restoration records, current ownership, visitor arrangements, or a complete account of later alterations. It also does not indicate that The Manor operates as a commercial enterprise or sells products and services. In encyclopedia terms, it is therefore more accurately treated as a named historic residence and cultural-property site than as a conventional brand. Its continuing identity is based on preservation, architectural character, and its association with the historical landscape near Petersburg.

• 1975

  National Register listing

  [1]The Manor (West Virginia)en.wikipedia.org

  The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, recognizing its architectural and historical importance.

• 1830

  Construction of the house

  [1]The Manor (West Virginia)en.wikipedia.org

  The Manor was built around 1830 as a substantial brick residence associated with the Peter and Jesse Hutton Farm.

A documented historic property and architectural landmark rather than a conventional commercial brand.

1. 1The Manor (West Virginia)en.wikipedia.org