By 1905, Canty owned a farm consisting of 100 acres nearly adjacent to the institute’s campus. His home in Institute, known variously as the Canty House or “The Magnolia”, was built originally around 1900 and renovated in 1923 by Canty and his wife Florence into the current neoclassical structure. Following Canty’s death in 1964, the house was purchased by West Virginia State College and became the only example of Neoclassical architecture on its campus. The house has been relocated three times and served as an office building and the campus health clinic before becoming the site of the West Virginia State University Athletic Hall of Fame. The Canty House was listed on the  National Register of Historic Places on September 23, 1988.