529 West Pike Street

This home was completed in 1914 and designed by architect J. Edward Wood for William Brent Maxwell and his wife Lillie Jarvis Maxwell. The three-story brick Neo-Classical Revival Style home with tile roof. The original balustrades have been lost and the chimneys have been shortened but otherwise the exterior and interior are original. The estate remains in the Maxwell family and has been continuously occupied as a private family residence since construction. A carriage house is located in the left rear and (possibly) Civil War era store building that originally faced Pike Street is in the right rear. When viewed from the rear alley, the old storefront façade is visible including four "L" shaped bolts that held a sign.

The Maxwell family was influential in the founding of the state of West Virginia. Family members such as Edwin Maxwell were among the leaders of the effort to create the state during the Civil War. Edwin Maxwell served as Attorney General of West Virginia and also served on the Supreme Court of Justice and ran for West Virginia governor in 1884. His son, Haymond Maxwell, led an equally political life. Haymond Maxwell served as Harrison County’s First Judge of Criminal Court, as Circuit Judge, and in the West Virginia House of Delegates. He was also appointed to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals and unsuccessfully ran for governor of West Virginia in 1948.

Pauley, Michael J. Clarksburg Downtown Historic District, National Register of Historic Places. February 17th 1982. Accessed March 31st 2021. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/harrison/82004794.pdf.

Suggested revisions from building owner submitted 2/20/21