The McNutt House

v     Built in 1840, the house originally had only 2 rooms downstairs and 2 rooms upstairs. The foundation consists of 15-inch hickory sill logs.     

v     Dr. Robert B. McNutt bought the house in a courthouse sale for $200 on October 8, 1847. Dr. McNutt was the only medical doctor between Kanawha Courthouse (now Charleston , WV) and Bristol , VA.  

 v     Dr. McNutt also was co-founder of Princeton Savings Bank, the only financial lending institution in town.

 v     Princeton was burned by 300 Rebel defenders under the command of Capt. Walter Jenifer as they fled the Union advance. The McNutt House is the only remaining Civil War-era home in Princeton

v     McNutt House was used as headquarters for Lt. Col. Rutherford B. Hayes and Sgt. William McKinley (both later Ohio Governors and U.S. Presidents) and as a hospital during May 1862.

v     Post-war renovations included a one-story addition onto the end of the house which was used as the doctor’s office. Later renovations included running water, electricity, additional rooms and the beautiful half-spiral staircase.

v     PMCCC relocated its offices to the McNutt House in October 2004 in an effort to promote tourism and help preserve the oldest house in Princeton .