John Bly House, East side of County Road 857, just north of intersection with Quarry Run Road, Cheat Neck, Monongalia County, WV
Summary
Significance: Constructed in the mid-nineteenth century, the John Bly House functioned as a stagecoach stop on the Morgantown and Uniontown Turnpike, a major link between Uniontown, in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and Morgantown, West Virginia, and the predecessor to C.R. 857. The house also served as a physician's home, a post office and a grocery store during the ironworks boom in the region.
Survey number: HABS WV-299
Building/structure dates: ca. 1852- ca. 1856 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1880- ca. 1900 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1930 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1940 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1990 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1920 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1975 Subsequent Work
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