Purinton House

Purinton House is a historic home associated with the West [Virginia University] and located at Morgantown, Monongalia [County, West Virginia]. It was built in 1904, and is a -story masonry dwelling with Classical Revival and Colonial Revival style features. It features a large wraparound porch whose hip roof is supported by Ionic order columns. The porch roof is topped by a balustrade. The roof is topped by a balustraded deck and widow's walk. It served as the on-campus residence for university presidents from 1905 to 1967. On November 2, 1911, President William [Howard Taft] delivered the address "World Wide Speech," from the front porch of Purinton House.
It was listed on the National Register of [Historic Places] in 1985.