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Augustus Ruffner House

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This house at 1506 Kanawha Boulevard was built in 1834 for Augustus Ruffner, a farmer and lumberman, and his wife Mary Elizabeth. Augustus was the son of Daniel Ruffner, who built Holly Grove. The house was first called "Cedar Grove" because of the cedar trees nearby. It stayed in the Ruffner family for many years but is now a commercial property.