Hughes-Cunningham House

LocationHarlan Springs Rd., near Hedgesville, West Virginia

Coordinates39°32′10″N 77°57′38″W / 39.53611°N 77.96056°W / 39.53611; -77.96056

Area1 acre (0.40 ha)

Built1772; 254 years ago (1772)

Hughes-Cunningham House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The house in 2009 before it was destroyed in a 2017 fire
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Location	Harlan Springs Rd., near Hedgesville, West Virginia
Coordinates	39°32′10″N 77°57′38″W / 39.53611°N 77.96056°W / 39.53611; -77.96056
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1772; 254 years ago (1772)
Architect	Hughes, Isaac; Cunningham, Hugh
Architectural style	Late Permanent Settler
NRHP reference No.	85001518 [1]
Added to NRHP	July 8, 1985

Hughes-Cunningham House, also known as "HuCuRu," was a historic home located near Hedgesville, Berkeley County, West Virginia. The log and stone house was in two sections. The main section was built in 1772 and was a two-story, three-bay, gable roofed log building on a stone foundation. It measured 30 feet wide by 25 feet deep. A two-bay, one story stone wing was added about 1784.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.^[1] The house was destroyed in a fatal fire on August 27, 2017.^[3]