National Register of Historic Places listings in Jefferson County, West Virginia

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Jefferson County, West Virginia.

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

in Jefferson County

Jefferson County, West Virginia

Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of 2010, the population was 53,498. Its county seat is Charles Town...

, West Virginia

West Virginia

West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...

, United States

United States

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. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.

There are 74 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, one of which is a National Historic Landmark

National Historic Landmark

A National Historic Landmark is a building, site, structure, object, or district, that is officially recognized by the United States government for its historical significance...

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| Christian Allemong House

Christian Allemong House

The Christian Allemong House, also known as the Amos Janney House, is located near Summit Point, West Virginia. The house was built circa 1830 in the Georgian style with Greek Revival detailing. The house was owned by Amos Janney from 1848 to 1868...

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39°14′14"N 77°58′43"W
| Summit Point

Summit Point, West Virginia

Summit Point is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It lies along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at the intersection of West Virginia Secondary Route 1 and Summit Point Pike. According to the 2000 census, the Summit Point community has a population...

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| Allstadt House and Ordinary

Allstadt House and Ordinary

The Allstadt House and Ordinary was built about 1790 on land owned by the Lee family near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, including Phillip Ludwell Lee, Richard Bland Lee and Henry Lee III. The house at the crossroads was sold to the Jacob Allstadt family of Berks County, Pennsylvania in 1811...

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| Junction of U.S. Route 340

U.S. Route 340

U.S. Route 340 is a spur of US 40. It currently runs for from Greenville, Virginia at US 11 to Frederick, Maryland at US 40. Between those two states, US 340 also passes briefly through West Virginia. In Virginia and West Virginia, it is signed north–south...

Altona (West Virginia)

Altona, near Charles Town, West Virginia, is a historic farm with an extensive set of subsidiary buildings. The original Federal style house was built in 1793 by Revolutionary War officer Abraham Davenport on land purchased from Charles Washington. The house was expanded by Abraham's son, Colonel...

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| WV 51 west of Charles Town
39°17′24"N 77°52′57"W
| Charles Town

Charles Town, West Virginia

Charles Town is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,907 at the 2000 census. Due to its similar name, travelers have sometimes confused this city with the state's capital, Charleston.-History:...

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| Aspen Hill

Aspen Hill (Charles Town, West Virginia)

Aspen Hill was built about 1840 near Charles Town, West Virginia by James G. Hurst, a middle-tier farmer and landowner who sought to build a residence befitting his increasing status. The house occupies a middle ground between the grand mansions of the landed gentry and the more humble dwellings of...

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| North of Charles Town on WV 9
39°19′18"N 77°51′44"W
| Charles Town

Charles Town, West Virginia

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| B & O Railroad Potomac River Crossing

B & O Railroad Potomac River Crossing

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Crossings at the Potomac River are a set of railroad bridges that span the Potomac River between Maryland Heights, Maryland and Harpers Ferry, West Virginia in the United States. Two bridges comprise the current crossing...

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Shenandoah River

The Shenandoah River is a tributary of the Potomac River, long with two forks approximately long each, in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia...

and Potomac

Potomac River

The Potomac River flows into the Chesapeake Bay, located along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States. The river is approximately long, with a drainage area of about 14,700 square miles...

Barleywood

Barleywood is a property in Jefferson County, West Virginia on the National Register of Historic Places....

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| Ambler Rd., approximately 1 mi (1.6 km) north of WV 51
39°18′53.58"N 77°54′42.45"W
| Charles Town

Charles Town, West Virginia

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| Beall-Air

Beall-Air

Beall-Air, also known as the Colonel Lewis William Washington House, is a two-story stuccoed brick house in classical revival style near Halltown, West Virginia...

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| West of Halltown off U.S. Route 340

U.S. Route 340

39°18′55"N 77°48′44"W
| Halltown

Halltown, West Virginia

Halltown is an unincorporated community along Flowing Springs Run in Jefferson County, West Virginia, USA. Halltown is located off of US 340 on West Virginia Route 230 between Charles Town and Bolivar. A few houses, a fork in the road, a tiny post office, and the large Halltown Paper Plant are the...

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| Belvedere

Belvedere (West Virginia)

Belvedere, also known as Belvidere, was built near Charles Town, West Virginia by Magnus Tate II in 1807. The Federal style mansion is situated at the end of a tree-lined driveway and commands a sweeping view of the Blue Ridge Mountains....

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39°17′5"N 77°50′43"W
| Charles Town

Charles Town, West Virginia

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| Beverley

Beverley (West Virginia)

Beverley, also known as Bullskin, is a farm near Charles Town, West Virginia that has been a working agricultural unit since 1750. The narrow lane that leads from U.S. Route 340 to the Beverley complex was, in the 18th and 19th centuries a toll road. The main house was built about 1800 by...

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| U.S. Route 340

U.S. Route 340

39°15′3"N 77°53′34"W
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Charles Town, West Virginia

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| Blakeley

Blakeley (West Virginia)

Blakeley, near Charles Town, West Virginia is also known as the Washington - Chew - Funkhouser House, and was built in 1820 by John Augustine Washington II, great-nephew of George Washington and son of John Augustine Washington. It is a contemporary of its neighbor, Claymont Court, built across...

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39°15′36"N 77°54′22"W
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Charles Town, West Virginia

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| Boidstones Place

Boidstones Place

Boidstones Place, also called Greenbrakes and Fountain Rock, was built in 1766 by Thomas Boydston near Shepherdstown, West Virginia on land he was granted by Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron...

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| Shepherd Grade
39°28′11"N 77°48′6"W
| Shepherdstown

Shepherdstown, West Virginia

Shepherdstown is a town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States, located along the Potomac River. It is the oldest town in the state, having been chartered in 1762 by Colonial Virginia's General Assembly. Since 1863, Shepherdstown has been in West Virginia, and is the oldest town in...

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| The Bower

The Bower

The Bower is an 1806 Federal style building in Martinsburg, West Virginia, USA. It was later remodeled with Gothic Revival features after a fire in 1892...

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| County Road 1/1
39°21′54"N 77°57′27"W
| Leetown

Leetown, West Virginia

Leetown is an unincorporated town in Jefferson County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It lies along West Virginia Secondary Route 1 at its junction with Leetown Pike....

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| Peter Burr House

Peter Burr House

The Peter Burr House was built between 1751 and 1755 near present-day Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia, making it one of the oldest houses in West Virginia. Burr, whose first cousin was Aaron Burr, was one of the first settlers in the area. It is the oldest surviving log-and-beam-construction...

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| Warm Springs Rd.
39°21′34"N 77°51′25"W
| Shenandoah Junction

Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia

Shenandoah Junction is an unincorporated census-designated place in Jefferson County in the U.S. state of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. As of the 2010 census, Shenandoah Junction had a population of 703. It is located between Kearneysville and Charles Town off WV 9...

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| Cedar Lawn

Cedar Lawn

Cedar Lawn, also known as Berry Hill and Poplar Hill, is one of several houses built near Charles Town, West Virginia for members of the Washington family. Cedar Lawn was built in 1825 for John Thornton Augustine Washington, George Washington's grand-nephew. The property was originally part of...

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Virginia State Route 51

Virginia State Route 51 is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known as Westover Drive, the state highway runs between a pair of intersections with U.S. Route 58 Business in Pittsylvania County west of Danville and within Danville...

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39°17′6"N 77°55′22"W
| Charles Town

Charles Town, West Virginia

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| Charles Town Mining, Manufacturing, and Improvement Company Building

Charles Town Mining, Manufacturing, and Improvement Company Building

The Charles Town Mining, Manufacturing, and Improvement Company Building in Ranson, West Virginia is a Romanesque Revival building that now serves as Ranson's City Hall. It was built for the Charles Town Mining, Manufacturing and Improvement Company in 1891 as its headquarters. The CMM&I sought...

Old Charles Town Historic District

The Old Charles Town Historic District comprises more than three hundred structures, primarily residences, in Charles Town, West Virginia. In contrast to the mainly commercial Downtown Charles Town Historic District, the Old Charles Town Historic District includes many early houses, some of log...

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| Norfolk & Western

Norfolk and Western Railway

The Norfolk and Western Railway , a US class I railroad, was formed by more than 200 railroad mergers between 1838 and 1982. It had headquarters in Roanoke, Virginia for most of its 150 year existence....

railroad line, Charles Town line, Hessey Pl., North St., U.S. Route 340

U.S. Route 340

, S. Charles St., Water St., and W. Washington St
39°17′14"N 77°51′43"W
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Charles Town, West Virginia

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| Claymont Court

Claymont Court

Claymont Court or simply Claymont is a Georgian style brick mansion, the grandest of several built near Charles Town, West Virginia for members of the Washington family. The current house was built in 1840 by Bushrod Corbin Washington, grand-nephew of George Washington, to replace a house that was...

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| Southwest of Charles Town off U.S. Route 340

U.S. Route 340

39°16′7"N 77°54′21"W
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Charles Town, West Virginia

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| Cold Spring

Cold Spring (Shepherdstown, West Virginia)

Cold Spring is a house near Shepherdstown, West Virginia, childhood home to two United States Representatives. The house was built by Edward Lucas III and his son, Robert in 1793. It is a two-story house of coursed ashlar stone masonry....

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39°23′48"N 77°49′5"W
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Shepherdstown, West Virginia

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| Cool Spring Farm

Cool Spring Farm (Charles Town, West Virginia)

Cool Spring Farm is a farm on the National Register of Historic Places, located near Charles Town, West Virginia.-References:...

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39°14′31.55"N 77°55′30.53"W
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Charles Town, West Virginia

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| Downtown Charles Town Historic District

Downtown Charles Town Historic District

The Downtown Charles Town Historic District comprises the commercial center of Charles Town, West Virginia. The district centers on Washington Street and includes the Jefferson County Courthouse and the New Opera House, themselves on the National Register of Historic Places. Other structures...

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39°17′21"N 77°51′33"W
| Charles Town

Charles Town, West Virginia

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| Duffields Depot

Duffields Depot

Duffields Depot is a structure on the National Register of Historic Places, located in the village of Duffields, West Virginia, near Shenandoah Junction....

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39°21′52"N 77°49′32"W
| Shenandoah Junction

Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia

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| Elmwood

Elmwood (Shepherdstown, West Virginia)

Elmwood is a Federal style house near Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Located on land claimed in 1732 by Edward Lucas II, it was built in 1797 by his son, Edward Lucas III. During the Civil War the house was used as a field hospital. It remained in the Lucas family until 1948. -External links:*, at...

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39°23′50"N 77°48′50"W
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Shepherdstown, West Virginia

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| Elmwood-on-the-Opequon

Elmwood-on-the-Opequon

Elmwood-on-the-Opequon is a United States National Register of Historic Places property near Kearneysville, West Virginia....

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39°21′13"N 77°57′43"W
| Kearneysville

Kearneysville, West Virginia

Kearneysville is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County in the U.S. state of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. According to the 2000 census, Kearneysville and its surrounding community has a population of 6,716...

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| Falling Spring-Morgan's Grove

Falling Spring-Morgan's Grove

Falling Spring at Morgan's Grove is part of a related complex of buildings and lands associated with the Morgan family and other prominent members of the Shepherdstown, West Virginia community. Falling Spring was completed by 1837 as a large, porticoed stucco house and farm complex...

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39°25′15"N 77°48′55"W
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Shepherdstown, West Virginia

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| Fruit Hill

Fruit Hill (Shepherdstown, West Virginia)

Fruit Hill, also known as the Robinson-Andrews-Hoxton House is a Greek Revival house near Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The original two-story stone house on the property was probably built by Henry Cookus circa 1766. This house was built over a watercourse, assuring a reliable supply of water on...

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| Shepherd Grade
39°26′53"N 77°49′28"W
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Shepherdstown, West Virginia

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| Gap View Farm

Gap View Farm

Gap View Farm, near Charles Town, West Virginia, is a historic farm complex built in 1774. The farm was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 9, 1997.-Origin of name:...

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| WV 9, between Charles Town and Shenandoah Junction
39°20′32"N 77°50′58"W
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Charles Town, West Virginia

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| Gibson-Todd House

Gibson-Todd House

The Gibson-Todd House was the site of the hanging of John Brown, the abolitionist who led a raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia before the opening of the American Civil War...

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39°17′9"N 77°51′24"W
| Charles Town

Charles Town, West Virginia

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| Glenburnie

Glenburnie (West Virginia)

Glenburnie is an historic farm complex located between Shepherdstown, West Virginia and Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia. The house was built by James Glenn in 1802, completing the barn two years later....

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39°23′27"N 77°50′42"W
| Shenandoah Junction

Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia

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| William Grubb Farm

William Grubb Farm

The William Grubb Farm, also known as Conway and Brook Manor, is located near Charles Town, West Virginia. Built circa 1763 by William Grubb Jr., the house is a "stone-ender," with stone masonry at the gable ends of the house and log construction on the long sides, now covered with clapboards...

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| County Road 340/2, west of its junction with U.S. Route 340

U.S. Route 340

39°14′25"N 77°54′12"W
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Charles Town, West Virginia

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| Halltown Colored Free School

Halltown Colored Free School

The Halltown Colored Free School in Halltown, West Virginia was built in 1870 to educate children from the African-American community in Halltown. The school was racially segregated from local schools for whites, in accordance with the laws of the time...

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U.S. Route 340

39°18′44"N 77°48′6"W
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Halltown, West Virginia

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| Halltown Union Colored Sunday School

Halltown Union Colored Sunday School

The Halltown Union Colored Sunday School, also known as the Halltown Memorial Chapel, in Halltown, West Virginia, was built in 1901 in the Gothic Revival style. The stone chapel was built by and for the local African-American community on a small parcel of land donated by Daniel B. Lucas from his...

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U.S. Route 340

39°18′34"N 77°48′11"W
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Halltown, West Virginia

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| Harewood

Harewood (West Virginia)

Harewood is one of several houses in the vicinity of Charles Town, West Virginia built for members of the Washington family. The house was designed by John Ariss for Samuel Washington in 1770. Washington moved from his farm on Chotank creek in Stafford County, Virginia to Harewood, accumulating ...

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39°18′9"N 77°55′11"W
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Charles Town, West Virginia

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| Harpers Ferry Historic District

Harpers Ferry Historic District

The Harpers Ferry Historic District comprises about one hundred historic structures in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The historic district includes the portions of the central town not included in Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, including large numbers of early 19th century houses built by...

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U.S. Route 340

39°19′35"N 77°44′29"W
| Harpers Ferry

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Harpers Ferry is a historic town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States. In many books the town is called "Harper's Ferry" with an apostrophe....

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| Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park is located at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers in and around Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The park includes land in Jefferson County, West Virginia; Washington County, Maryland and Loudoun County, Virginia. The park is managed by the...

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Shenandoah River

The Shenandoah River is a tributary of the Potomac River, long with two forks approximately long each, in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia...

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Potomac River

The Potomac River flows into the Chesapeake Bay, located along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States. The river is approximately long, with a drainage area of about 14,700 square miles...

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Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Harpers Ferry is a historic town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States. In many books the town is called "Harper's Ferry" with an apostrophe....

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| Hazelfield

Hazelfield

Hazelfield, located near Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia is a historic farm, whose principal residence was built in 1815 for Ann Stephen Dandridge Hunter.-External links:*] ]...

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39°22′25"N 77°51′36"W
| Shenandoah Junction

Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia

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| Hillside

Hillside (Charles Town, West Virginia)

Hillside, also known as Little Elmington, is a 1½ story brick house near Charles Town, West Virginia dating to circa 1798–1800. The house possesses a striking two-story gallery supported by five large round columns. The property includes a rubblestone barn and spring house...

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39°15′47"N 77°52′5"W
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Charles Town, West Virginia

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| Hopewell

Hopewell (Millville, West Virginia)

Hopewell, also known as Hopewell Mills and Hopewell Farm, was established around 1765 by William Little, Sr., who built grain and saw mills near the Shenandoah River. In 1827, William Little, Jr. sold the property to James Hite and Jacob Newcomer...

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| Bloomery Rd. (County Road 27) northeast of Bloomery
39°16′4"N 77°47′36"W
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Charles Town, West Virginia

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| Jacks-Manning Farm

Jacks-Manning Farm

The Jacks-Manning Farm, also known as the Vinton Farm was built around 1840 for Robert Jacks near Charles Town, West Virginia, in the Greek Revival style. Jacks had married Julia Davenport, a member of a prominent Jefferson County family. Their daughter, Rebecca Jacks, married Thomas J. Manning,...

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U.S. Route 340

39°16′8"N 77°51′38"W
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Charles Town, West Virginia

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| Jefferson County Alms House

Jefferson County Alms House

The Jefferson County Alms House, also known as Snow Hill Farm, located near Leetown, West Virginia, is an historic Federal style house. Snow Hill was built circa 1813 for John Hurst, son of James Hurst, a prosperous local landowner. In 1857, Snow Hill was purchased from the Hurst family for use...

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39°20′7"N 77°54′30"W
| Leetown

Leetown, West Virginia

Leetown is an unincorporated town in Jefferson County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It lies along West Virginia Secondary Route 1 at its junction with Leetown Pike....

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| Jefferson County Courthouse

Jefferson County Courthouse (West Virginia)

The first Jefferson County Courthouse was built in Charles Town, West Virginia in 1808, on a lot donated by Charles Washington. It was replaced by a larger building about 1836, which comprises the core of the present courthouse...

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39°17′21"N 77°51′37"W
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Charles Town, West Virginia

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| Lee-Longsworth House

Lee-Longsworth House

The Lee-Longsworth House in Bolivar, West Virginia, is an example of the transition from Georgian style architecture to the Federal style. It preserves significant features of interior woodwork, and is associated with the Lee family of Virginia. The property was in 1799 leased by its then owner,...

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39°19′32"N 77°44′49"W
| Harpers Ferry

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Harpers Ferry is a historic town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States. In many books the town is called "Harper's Ferry" with an apostrophe....

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| Captain William Lucas and Robert Lucas House

Captain William Lucas and Robert Lucas House

The Captain William Lucas and Robert Lucas House, also known as Linden Spring, is a large stone house near Shepherdstown in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States. It was built circa 1783 for Captain William Lucas, a Revolutionary War soldier...

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39°24′6"N 77°46′27"W
| Shepherdstown

Shepherdstown, West Virginia

Shepherdstown, West Virginia

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| Media Farm

Media Farm

Media Farm is a farm complex near Charles Town, West Virginia that dates to 1780, and has remained in the same family ever since. The property was acquired by Charles Yates, an English immigrant, from Thomas Rutherford. In the twentieth century, author Julia McDonald Davis spent her childhood...

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39°19′46"N 77°50′32"W
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Charles Town, West Virginia

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| Middleway Historic District

Middleway Historic District

The Middleway Historic District comprises sixty major buildings from the late 18th century and early 19th century in Middleway, West Virginia. Middleway was a crossroads town on the Shepherdstown-Berryville road and the Charles Town turnpike. The town was established by John Smith, Sr...

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39°18′13"N 77°58′58"W
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Middleway, West Virginia

Middleway is an unincorporated census-designated place in Jefferson County, West Virginia, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 441.-History:...

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| Morgan's Grove

Morgan's Grove

Morgan's Grove is a rural historic district near Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The area is noted for its abundant springs. Several historic houses and farms are included in the district, including:...

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39°25′4"N 77°48′45"W
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Shepherdstown, West Virginia

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| Morgan-Bedinger-Dandridge House

Morgan-Bedinger-Dandridge House

The Morgan-Bedinger-Dandridge House, also known as Poplar Grove, then Rosebrake, is part of a group of structures affiliated with the Morgan's Grove rural historic district near Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The house was known as Poplar Grove until 1877. The original building was built circa...

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39°25′37"N 77°48′43"W
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Shepherdstown, West Virginia

Charles Town, West Virginia

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| Prato Rio

Prato Rio

Prato Rio, also known as Hopewell, near Leetown, West Virginia, was the home of General Charles Lee of the Continental Army, for whom Leetown is named. Lee lived there from 1774 to his death in 1782. The property was originally acquired in 1731 by Han Yost Heydt , who built a log cabin on the...

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39°20′49"N 77°56′12"W
| Leetown

Leetown, West Virginia

Leetown is an unincorporated town in Jefferson County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It lies along West Virginia Secondary Route 1 at its junction with Leetown Pike....

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| Rellim Farm

Rellim Farm

The Rellim Farm near Kearneysville, West Virginia is a farm and orchard complex which was once part of the nearby Traveller's Rest property. The upper Shenandoah Valley region supports a significant fruit industry, and Rellim Farm is a representative example of this form of agriculture, the...

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39°22′51"N 77°53′15"W
| Kearneysville

Kearneysville, West Virginia

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| Richwood Hall

Richwood Hall

Richwood Hall, also known as Richwoods, is a house near Charles Town, West Virginia. The lands once belonged to George Washington, who received them from Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron and subsequently gave to his brother, Samuel Washington. It was Samuel's son, Lawrence Augustine...

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39°17′32"N 77°55′51"W
| Charles Town

Charles Town, West Virginia

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| Rion Hall

Rion Hall

Rion Hall is a late Federal style house near Halltown, West Virginia. Built in 1836, it consists of a three-story brick house with a two-story kitchen wing connected by a wood hyphen. The house was used as a headquarters for General Philip H. Sheridan during the American Civil War.The house was...

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U.S. Route 340

39°18′4"N 77°49′2"W
| Charles Town

Charles Town, West Virginia

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| Ripon Lodge

Ripon Lodge

Ripon Lodge, located near the village of Rippon, West Virginia, was built in 1833 by Henry S. Turner on his "Wheatland" estate. The next year his son, William F. Turner, inherited Ripon Lodge. The house is a two-story T-shaped stone building with a detached 1-1/2 story stone summer kitchen. The...

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39°13′21"N 77°54′30"W
| Rippon

Rippon, West Virginia

Rippon is an unincorporated hamlet in Jefferson County, West Virginia south of Charles Town. The village of Rippon developed in the mid-19th century at the crossroads of the Berryville and Charles Town Turnpike , Withers-LaRue Road, and Myerstown Road. The town was named after nearby Ripon Lodge,...

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| Rock Spring

Rock Spring (Shepherdstown, West Virginia)

Rock Spring is a historic property on the National Register of Historic Places near Shepherdstown, West Virginia....

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39°23′2.25"N 77°50′37.56"W
| Shepherdstown

Shepherdstown, West Virginia

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| Rockland

Rockland (Shepherdstown, West Virginia)

Rockland, also known as Verdier Plantation, Schley Farm and Knode House, was built by James Verdier between 1771 and 1785 near Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Verdier was a Huguenot, the son of a French silk weaver, who married Lady Susanna Monei and came to North America to escape religious...

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39°24′30"N 77°51′29"W
| Shepherdstown

Shepherdstown, West Virginia

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| Rose Hill Farm

Rose Hill Farm (Shepherdstown, West Virginia)

Rose Hill Farm, also known as the James-Marshall-Snyder Farm, is a double-pile, two story brick farmhouse with Greek Revival features near Shepherdstown, West Virginia. A log house on the property was built circa 1795, while the brick house was built around 1835. It is believed that the log house...

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39°23′48"N 77°51′45"W
| Shepherdstown

Shepherdstown, West Virginia

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| Rumsey Hall

Rumsey Hall (Shepherdstown, West Virginia)

Rumsey Hall, also known as the Entler Hotel, is an historic building in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The building is located in the center of the Shepherdstown Historic District and is a composite of six separate phases of construction. The earliest portion was built in 1786, and was the home...

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| German and Princess Sts.
39°25′57"N 77°48′13"W
| Shepherdstown

Shepherdstown, West Virginia

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| St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church

St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church (Harpers Ferry, West Virginia)

St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia occupies a prominent location on the heights above Harpers Ferry. The original church was built in 1833 in a pseudo-Gothic style which it kept through the Civil War, in which it was the only church in Harpers Ferry to escape...

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39°19′28"N 77°43′53"W
| Harpers Ferry

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Harpers Ferry is a historic town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States. In many books the town is called "Harper's Ferry" with an apostrophe....

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| Shannondale Springs

Shannondale Springs

Shannondale Springs is a former American resort associated with mineral springs on the bank of the Shenandoah River upstream from Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The water from the main spring was reputed to have mild laxative qualities, while other springs had a sulfrous odor...

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| Shannondale

Shannondale, West Virginia

Shannondale is an unincorporated census-designated place in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,358.-History:...

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| Shepherd's Mill

Shepherd's Mill

Shepherd's Mill is a gristmill in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, located on Town Run just as it descends to the Potomac River. The mill was built some time prior to 1739 by Thomas Shepherd, Sr. as a two-story structure. The original millwheel was probably a wood overshot wheel...

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| High St.
39°26′0"N 77°48′5"W
| Shepherdstown

Shepherdstown, West Virginia

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| Shepherdstown Historic District

Shepherdstown Historic District

The Shepherdstown Historic District comprises the historic core of Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The town is the oldest in West Virginia, founded in 1762 as Mecklenburg. No structures are known to exist from the time time before the town became known as Shepherdstown...

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39°25′58"N 77°48′24"W
| Shepherdstown

Shepherdstown, West Virginia

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| South Charles Town Historic District

South Charles Town Historic District

South Charles Town Historic District is a national historic district located at Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia. The primarily residential district encompasses 145 contributing buildings and 2 contributing structures. It includes a number of examples of high style residential...

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39°16′40.85"N 77°51′8.95"W
| Charles Town

Charles Town, West Virginia

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| Strider Farm

Strider Farm

The Strider Farm was intimately involved in events concerning the American Civil War near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Located on a small hill just south of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line from Baltimore and Washington, D.C...

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39°20′3"N 77°45′55"W
| Harpers Ferry

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Harpers Ferry is a historic town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States. In many books the town is called "Harper's Ferry" with an apostrophe....

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| Sunnyside Farm

Sunnyside Farm (Leetown, West Virginia)

Sunnyside Farm is a farm near Kearneysville, West Virginia, United States, that is principally associated with William Fulk's dairy farming operation. The farm has a full complement of buildings associated with dairying, including the main house , smokehouse , milk house...

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39°19′53.04"N 77°57′31.26"W
| Kearneysville

Kearneysville, West Virginia

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| Tackley Farm

Tackley Farm

Tackley Farm, also known as Valley View, is a Greek Revival farmhouse near Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia. The property was leased by Michael Blue in 1777 from Colonel William Tackley, Blue's former commanding officer in the service of John Armstrong during the French and Indian Wars, and...

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| WV 9 2 mi (3.2 km) east of its junction with WV 480
39°21′54"N 77°52′1"W
| Shenandoah Junction

Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia

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| The Hermitage

The Hermitage (Charles Town, West Virginia)

The Hermitage near Charles Town, West Virginia is a small stone cottage dating to circa 1734, making it one of the oldest buildings in West Virginia. A stone privy is believed to be the oldest structure of its kind in the state. The house is associated with the Chew family, and in particular...

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39°14′53"N 77°50′30"W
| Charles Town

Charles Town, West Virginia

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39°23′17"N 77°54′3"W
| Kearneysville

Kearneysville, West Virginia

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| Van Swearingen-Shepherd House

Van Swearingen-Shepherd House

The Van Swearingen-Shepherd House, also known as Bellevue, is a Colonial Revival mansion in Shepherdstown, West Virginia that is home to the descendants of Captain Thomas Shepherd, founder of Shepherdstown. The house, situated on a bluff overlooking the Potomac River, was built in 1773 by Thomas...

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39°26′28"N 77°48′14"W
| Shepherdstown

Shepherdstown, West Virginia

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| Charles Washington House
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39°16′56"N 77°51′35"W
| Charles Town

Charles Town, West Virginia

Summit Point, West Virginia

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| Woodbury

Woodbury (West Virginia)

Woodbury or Woodberry, is a historic mansion located near Leetown, Jefferson County, West Virginia. It was built in 1834-1835, by jurist and Congressman Henry St. George Tucker, Sr. . It is 2 1/2 stories tall and is built of a stone core faced with white plaster in a Regency period style...

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39°21′28"N 77°54′29"W
| Leetown

Leetown, West Virginia

Leetown is an unincorporated town in Jefferson County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It lies along West Virginia Secondary Route 1 at its junction with Leetown Pike....

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| Woodlawn

Woodlawn (Kearneysville, West Virginia)

Woodlawn, also known as Wiltshire House or Wiltshire Farm, was built circa 1820, one of four homes within a two-mile radius by James Hurst, a significant landowner in Jefferson County. Hurst built the first three houses for his children on his "LaGrange" plantation around 1811, including "Snow...

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39°20′21"N 77°53′7"W
| Kearneysville

Kearneysville, West Virginia

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| Robert Worthington House

Robert Worthington House

The Robert Worthington House, also known as Piedmont and Quarry Banks, is an historic house located near Charles Town, West Virginia. The main house was constructed as an addition in 1784 to the original structure, which dates to circa 1735, built by Robert Worthington, who called the house...

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39°17′46"N 77°53′23"W
| Charles Town

Charles Town, West Virginia

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| York Hill

York Hill

York Hill, near Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia is a historic property listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The original log portion of the house was built in the late 1760s by Colonel James Hendricks on a tract previously conveyed by Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron...

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39°22′26"N 77°50′46"W
| Shenandoah Junction

Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia

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