
The man who founded Glen Jean, West Virginia built this house. That's not a marketing line — Thomas McKell literally laid the groundwork for this town, and this is the home he left behind.
Built around 1910 in the Queen Anne Cottage style, the construction alone tells you something was different here. The exterior is rusticated block — textured, substantial, the kind of material that says permanence. The vertical windows have leaded glass in their upper sashes, the sort of detail you'd pay a craftsman handsomely to replicate today. A large covered front porch wraps the front of the house the way porches used to, before they became afterthoughts.
Inside, 1,551 square feet holds four bedrooms and a living and dining area anchored by a wood-burning stove. One bath, which is honest and period-appropriate. Sitting on just over half an acre in a quiet neighborhood, the property gives you actual breathing room.
Here's the kicker: you can walk to the headquarters of New River Gorge National Park. One of the newest national parks in the country, and one of the most spectacular — the gorge, the rapids, the climbing, the history — it's right there. This house at $90,000 is for the person who understands that a building with a real story, in a place with real wildness, is worth paying attention to.