Woodbury or Woodberry, is a historic mansion located near 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....

, Jefferson County, West Virginia

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...

. It was built in 1834-1835, by jurist and Congressman Henry St. George Tucker, Sr.

Henry St. George Tucker, Sr.

Henry St. George Tucker, Sr. was a Virginia jurist, law professor, and U.S. Congressman .-Biography:Tucker was born in Williamsburg, Virginia on December 29, 1780. As a young man, Tucker pursued classical studies at the College of William & Mary; he graduated in 1798...

 (1780–1848). It is 2 1/2 stories tall and is built of a stone core faced with white plaster in a Regency period style. The front facade features a flat roofed center portico

Portico

A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls...

 supported by four plain columns in front and two engaged columns in the rear.

It was listed 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 1974.

External links

• Woodberry, Leetown, Jefferson County, WV: 1 photo, 1 data page, at Historic American Building Survey