Glen Ferris ยท New River Gorge: Glen Ferris
The Glen Ferris Inn
A brick stagecoach stop on the James River and Kanawha Turnpike, licensed as an ordinary in 1839 and a Union depot in 1861, above Kanawha Falls.
- Built
- by 1839NRHP nomination: the original house 'may have been built as early as 1815… It certainly stood in 1839', when Aaron Stockton applied to run an ordinary; a third story and classical veranda were added about 1910. 1839 is the earliest documented date, not a confirmed construction year.
- Style
- Federal-influenced, remodeled c.1910 in the Classical Revival fashion
- Type
- Inn
- Area
- New River Gorge: Glen Ferris
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The story
The brick house on the James River and Kanawha Turnpike was licensed as an ‘ordinary’ by Aaron Stockton in 1839 and served as a stagecoach stop under the names Stockton’s Tavern and Hawkins’s Hotel. It was a Union quartermaster’s depot for several months in 1861. Around 1910 Margaret Hawkins Williamson added a third story and the wraparound second-floor veranda, and in the first half of the 1900s it housed managers and workers of the Kanawha Valley’s chemical and hydroelectric industries.
Good to know
- Address: Glen Ferris, WV
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.