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Grosscup Road Historic District consists of properties on three roads: Grosscup, Roller, and Roscommon. Ten of the houses were designed by architect H. Rus Warne, who designed many other buildings in West Virginia such as the Kenwood home in Huntington, Boone County Courthouse, and Nicholas County High School. Other architects that worked on the Grosscup Road Historic District include Robert E. Lee Taylor and Ludwig Theodore Bengston, who designed the Robert S. Spilman House and the Harvey Hall House, respectively. The Grosscup Historic District was created with the intention of being a residential area for prominent people involved in business and politics in Charleston1.Houses of the Grosscup Road Historic District are as follows:1. Kelly/Wehrle House. The home is located at 15 Grosscup Road and was built circa 1919. The house was designed by H. Rus Warne. Its architectural style is Colonial Revival1.2. Warne-Depaulo-Ross House. The home is located at 8 Grosscup Road and was built circa 1910. This home was designed by H. Rus Warne for his family. The home is also referred to as “Bon Aire” and is a stucco house1.3. Hall-Thayer House. The home is located at 6 Grosscup Road and was built in 1932. This home was designed by Ludwig Theodore Bengston and its architectural style is English Tudor1.4. Ranch House. The home is located at 12 Grosscup Road and was built in 19801.5. Weakland/Lawson House. This stucco home is located at 10 Grosscup Road and was built in 19201.6. Scott/Faber House. This home is located at Grosscup and Bridge Road and was built in 1902. It was once used as a carriage house for the Scott/Southworth House1.7. Scott/Southworth House. The home is located at Grosscup and Bridge Road and was built in 1902. It is a Late Victorian cottage1.8. Alvin, Sam McCorkle House. The home is located at Grosscup and Bridge Road and was built in 18951.9. Jayne/Pausch House. This H. Rus Warne designed home is located at 811 Bridge Road and was built circa 19101.10. Stolle/Surber House is located at 804 Bridge Road and was built circa 1893. It is a Late Victorian cottage1.11. Dodson/Paterno House is located at 1 Grosscup Road and was built circa 1914. The home was designed by H. Rus Warne and is a Dutch Colonial Revival house1.12. Stucco House is located at 2 Grosscup Road and was built circa 1916. It is a Dutch Colonial Revival home1.13. Woodrow/Kilcollin House is located at 3 Grosscup Road and was built circa 19161.14. Munse/Lewis House is located at 4 Grosscup Road and was built circa 1916. The Woodrow/Kilcollin and Munse/Lewis houses are almost exactly the same1.15. McClanaham/Goldman House is located at 5 Grosscup Road and was built circa 1916. The first residence of the home was Preston M. McClanaham, a coal operator1.16. Grosscup, F.P./Bailey House is located at 7 Grosscup Road and was built circa 1918. This home is a Colonial Revival style1.17. Robertson-Smith House is located at 1 Roller Road and was built circa 1915. The home is an American Four Square style and was first owned by William S. Robertson, a physician in Charleston1.18. Roller/Blunden House is located at 3 Roller Road and was built circa 1915. This home is an American Four Square style1.19. Robertson/Davis House is located at 2 Roller Road and was built circa 1925. The house was designed by H. Rus Warne. Dr. Robertson (of the Robertson-Smith House) move from that home into this house circa 19251.20. Grosscup, P.B./Tierny House is located at 6 Roller Road and was built circa 1925. The home was designed by H. Rus Warne1.21. Gordon C. Morton Home is located at 100 Roscommon Road and was built circa 1937. The home is a Dutch Colonial Revival house1.22. Spilman-Thomasson-Morgan House is located at 108 Roscommon Road and was built circa 1922. The home was designed by Robert E. Lee Taylor and is a Dutch Colonial Revival1. The homes are visible from the street. Be careful not to trespass on any of the properties as they are private residences.

Grosscup Road Historic District consists of 22 historic houses built between the late 1800s and early 1900s located in the South Hills area of Charleston, West Virginia. 

Grosscup Road Historic District

The Kanawha Valley Bank was established in 1867 by William Dickinson, Levi Woodyard, Henry Dickinson, and John Q. Dickinson. The Dickinson family was deeply associated with the beginning of the salt industry in Charleston, WV, and founded a bank to accommodate early industries in West Virginia. The original bank building was two stories high and located at the intersection of Kanawha Boulevard and Capitol Street&nbsp;for 26 years. Henry Dickinson became the mayor of Charleston in 1870, as well as the bank president, however he passed away in 1871. The presidential position stayed in the Dickinson family and was passed down to John Q. Dickinson in 1872, and remained in his power for the next 43 years. &nbsp;<blockquote>“The head of this bank is Col. John Q. Dickinson, of this city, who is widely recognized as one of the leading bankers of the country. His dealings are multitudinous; his methods are modern and he is in every way the type of business man who merits success.”1</blockquote>Shortly after John Q. Dickinson’s appointment, the financial panic of 1873 occurred; the Kanawha Valley Bank was the only bank opened in Charleston after the Civil War to survive.In 1893, the original Kanawha Valley Bank building was demolished and replaced with a new five story building. The new bank building was a power move by John Q. Dickinson to better accommodate the growing industries in West Virginia. John Q. Dickinson’s son, John L., was the cashier of Kanawha Valley Bank from 1894 until 1925 when he replaced his father as the president of the bank.In the late 1920s, John L. Dickinson decided to build a new Kanawha Valley Bank building on a historic piece of Charleston land. The plot of land was purchased by the State of West Virginia in 1868, and housed the West Virginia State Capitol from 1885 to 1921. After the capitol burned down in 1921, the property was split into 19 sections. The Kanawha Valley Bank purchased to corner portion and hired architects Alfred C. Bossom and Charles A. Haviland to design the new bank building. The Kanawha Valley Bank building was completed in 1929, just a year before the stock market crashed. The Kanawha Valley Building is the second tallest building in the state of West Virginia, following the West Virginia State Capitol, and matched by Laidley Tower. &nbsp;The Kanawha Valley Bank building along Kanawha Boulevard was lost to urban renewal, and is now the location of a plaza belonging to Chase Tower. Hugh Curry became the president of Kanawha Valley Bank in the late 1960s, and is responsible for modernizing banking in West Virginia by creating branch banking. Curry worked in conjunction with Robert F. Baronner, who created One Valley Square, where the Kanawha Valley Bank moved to and merged with in 1976. One Valley Bank was bought out by BB&amp;T in 2000. Today the Kanawha Valley Building is utilized as commercial real estate and office space.

The Kanawha Valley Building was constructed in the the late 1920s on property that once housed the West Virginia State Capitol building. The Kanawha Valley Bank originated in the mid 1800s by the Dickinson family, and was the only bank in Charleston constructed after the Civil War to survive the financial panic of 1873. This is second location of the former Kanawha Valley Bank; the first location was housed along Kanawha Boulevard and was lost to urban renewal. The Kanawha Valley Building is the second tallest building in West Virginia following the West Virginia State Capitol. 

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