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English: Waldomore Hotel, 400 West Pike Street, Clarksburg, West Virginia, as seen in May 2020. One of the oldest extant buildings in Clarksburg, dating to 1839, Waldomore is the mansion where lived Waldo P. Goff; his wife, Harriet Goff née Moore (the two of whom combined their names to serve as the moniker of their home), and their children, including the aforementioned Nathan Goff. With its tetrastyle Doric portico, the austere yet handsome pediment crowning the façade, and an overall layout hearkening back to Classical temple design, Waldomore is a good example of the Greek Revival style of architecture that was popular at the time of its construction. Later additions to the second floor and rear of the building dating to around the turn of the century added a Colonial Revival element to the design, and were executed so skillfully that the brickwork in the newer sections is totally indistinguishable from the original. After the Goff family's departure, it served for many years as home to the Clarksburg Public Library, which still uses the second floor to house its repository of materials on local history and culture — as well as the books and papers of noted UFOlogist Gray Barker, a native of nearby Braxton County.

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Date Taken on 10 May 2020, 15:04:28
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Author Andre Carrotflower
Camera location39° 16′ 50.71″ N, 80° 20′ 25.28″ W  Heading=6.8566284179688° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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