Samuel Hedges House

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Samuel Hedges House
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LocationCounty Route 9/10, near Hedgesville, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°31′40″N77°59′52″W / 39.52778°N 77.99778°W / 39.52778; -77.99778 Coordinates: 39°31′40″N77°59′52″W / 39.52778°N 77.99778°W / 39.52778; -77.99778
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Builtc. 1772, c. 1855
ArchitectHedges, Samuel
NRHP reference No. 76001931 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 12, 1976

Samuel Hedges House is a historic home located near Hedgesville in Berkeley County, West Virginia, United States. It is a two-story, "L"-shaped dwelling with a three-bay wide, gable roofed limestone main block and frame ell. The main block was built about 1772 and the addition built in the mid-1850s. It features a pedimented entrance porch supported by Doric order columns. Also on the property is a 1+12-story coursed-rubble outbuilding and a log smokehouse. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. James E. Harding (May 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Samuel Hedges House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-02.