3271 Cyrus Creek Rd
Barboursville, WV 25504, USA

Abraham Cyrus Farmstead, 3271 Cyrus Rd (County Rd 1/6), Cyrus, Wayne County, WV

The Farmstead derives it significance primarily in terms of associations with events and persons important in local history. The Farmhosue is a well-preserved example of a style of country home once commonly found throughout the Big Sandy valley. Specifically, it is the oldest house in the village of White`s Creek, and is closely connected with the village`s early development. Abraham Cyrus (1818-1903), who had the Farmhouse built, was a prominent landowners influential in local and county affairs. Martin Chapman (1842-1903), its first resident, was a long-time merchant in White`s Creek, and later became an important figure in the political and economic history of Huntington, West Virginia. His son Floyd was born in the Farmhouse and served three terms as Huntington`s mayor. In 1893 the site was converted to a farmstead by members of the Cyrus family, and used by them as the seat of a 51-acre farm until 1980.

Abraham Cyrus Farmstead, Farmhouse, 3271 Cyrus Rd (County Rd 1/6), Cyrus, Wayne County, WV

Abraham Cyrus (1818-1903), the prominent and influential landowner who built it, and Martin VanBuren Chapman (1842-1903 and his son Floyd (1871-1932), both eminent political figures in the history of Huntington, West Virginia. Last, it is a well-preserved example of a style of country home once commonly found in the lower Big Sandy River Valley, and now represented by very few preserved or documented examples. The Farmhouse is considered to be eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing structure associated with the Abraham Cyrus Farmstead, and is significant in its own right.