The Craik-Patton House was built in 1834 on Virginia Street by James Craik, a lawyer who later became a clergyman at St. John’s Episcopal Church. In 1858, George S. Patton, who founded the Kanawha Riflemen and became a Confederate colonel, bought the house. The house was first moved in 1906 to make room for a new street. In the 1960s, when the house was about to be torn down, the Colonial Dames of America led an effort to save and restore it. In 1973, the house was moved to its current location in Daniel Boone Park, where it is open for tours.