Tomahawk Spring

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Tomahawk Spring
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Tomahawk Springhouse, July 1999
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LocationCo. Rt. 7/2, Tomahawk, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°31′52″N78°3′27″W / 39.53111°N 78.05750°W / 39.53111; -78.05750
Area0.7 acres (0.28 ha)
Built1860
NRHP reference No. 94001344 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 1, 1994

Tomahawk Spring is a historic spring house located near Martinsburg, at Tomahawk, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It was built about 1860 on the stone foundation of a previous building. It is a one-story, wood-frame structure atop a three-foot-tall stone foundation in two sections. The first section is atop the spring and is approximately 16 by 12 feet (4.9 by 3.7 m), surrounded by a lattice enclosure. The second section contains a pool and is 13 by 12 feet (4.0 by 3.7 m). [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Michael Gioulis and Don C. Wood (June 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Tomahawk Spring" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved June 2, 2011.