Chancery Hill Historic District is a national historic district located at Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. The district originally included 109 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site, Oak Grove Cemetery. A boundary increase in 2001, added the already listed Alexander Wade House to the district. The district encompasses a residential area developed in the early-20th century on property that was once the farm of U.S. Senator Waitman T. Willey. It includes examples of popular architectural styles from that period including Queen Anne, American Foursquare, Colonial Revival, and Bungalow.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999, with a boundary increase in 2001.

Chancery Hill Historic District

Oak Grove Cemetery

Notable burials include: William E. Glasscock, 13th Governor of West Virginia John Hagans, member of the United States House of Representatives from 1873 to 1875 George Cookman Sturgiss, member of the United States House of Representatives from 1907 to 1911 Waitman T. Willey, member of the Wheeling Convention, Senator for Virginia and West Virginia Edgar C. Wilson, member of the United States House of Representatives from 1833 to 1835 for Virginia Thomas Wilson, member of the United States House of Representatives from 1811 to 1813 for Virginia

Chancery Hill Historic District

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American Foursquare architecture in West Virginia

Buildings and structures in Morgantown, West Virginia

Bungalow architecture in West Virginia

Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia

Colonial Revival architecture in West Virginia

Historic districts in Monongalia County, West Virginia

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia

National Register of Historic Places in Monongalia County, West Virginia

Queen Anne architecture in West Virginia

Houses in Monongalia County, West Virginia

Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia

Rural cemeteries

Chancery Hill Historic District