The Meadows (Moorefield, West Virginia)

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Nearest city Moorefield, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°5′9″N78°57′20″W / 39.08583°N 78.95556°W / 39.08583; -78.95556
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1850 (1850)
Architectural style Greek Revival
MPS South Branch Valley MRA [1] (64000964)
NRHP reference No. 86000777
Added to NRHP14 January 1986 [2]

The Meadows is a historic property in Moorefield, West Virginia.

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Description and history

The complex on the property includes a large brick farmhouse, two small barns and an outhouse. The property is associated with John Hanson McNeill a confederate soldier and irregular. [3] Eleanor Roosevelt stayed there in 1941 and mentioned it in her newspaper column My Day . [4] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 14, 1986, as part of the South Branch Valley Multiple Resource Area. [3] [5]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System  South Branch Valley MRA (#64000964)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "National Register Information System  The Meadows (#86000777)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  3. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: The Meadows". National Register of Historic Places. Washington, D.C., USA: National Park Service. 14 Jan 1986. Retrieved 1 Mar 2020. With 4 photos by N. Stevens from 1985.
  4. Roosevelt, Eleanore (28 May 1941). "My Day May 28, 1941". My Day . Retrieved 16 Feb 2020 via Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project.
  5. Reed, Paula Stoner (14 Jan 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: South Branch Valley MRA". National Register of Historic Places. Washington, D.C., USA: National Park Service. Retrieved 16 Feb 2020.