Stump Family Farm

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Stump Family Farm
LocationWV 7, southern fork of the Potomac River, near Moorefield, West Virginia
Coordinates 38°54′31″N79°1′10″W / 38.90861°N 79.01944°W / 38.90861; -79.01944
Area100.6 acres (40.7 ha)
Built1775
Architectural styleSingle pen
NRHP reference No. 98001471 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 15, 1998

Stump Family Farm is a national historic district located near Moorefield, Hardy County, West Virginia. The district encompasses three contributing buildings and one contributing site. It includes a cabin constructed of rough hewn white oak with a top log of pine, built about 1775. Also on the property is a barn (c. 1810), well house (c. 1810), and the Stump family cemetery. The property commemorates pre-revolutionary pioneer life in America. Michael Stump purchased the property about 1781 and it remained in the family until 1972. [2]

The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Katherine M. Jourdan (June 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Stump Family Farm" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved August 5, 2011.