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Article: Old Mansion Becomes Law Firm's Home
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- The State Journal
- Article date:
- December 24, 2004
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Farmer Cline & Campbell has a new home.
Actually, the home isn't new, but it is to Stephen B. Farmer and his law firm. The firm is taking up corporate residence in the former Sunrise Museum in Charleston. And the entire staff has devoted much of December to making the mansion feel a little more like home.
The house was built during the turn of the 20th century for former West Virginia governor William A. MacCorkle. He moved into the house in 1905. After his death in 1930, a local group formed for the primary purpose of purchasing and preserving the mansion. The group called themselves the Sunrise Foundation.
Eventually a museum moved in and, throughout the years, the new owners ...