Captain William Lucas and Robert Lucas House
Capt. William Lucas and Robert Lucas House | |
Nearest city | Shepherdstown, West Virginia |
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Coordinates | 39°24′6″N 77°46′27″W / 39.40167°N 77.77417°WCoordinates: 39°24′6″N 77°46′27″W / 39.40167°N 77.77417°W |
Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
Built | 1793 |
NRHP reference No. | 82004323[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 2, 1982 |
The Captain William Lucas and Robert Lucas House, also known as Linden Spring, is a large stone house near Shepherdstown in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States. It was built circa 1783 for Captain William Lucas, a Revolutionary War soldier. Lucas' son, Robert Lucas was born here and became a Governor of Ohio and the first Territorial governor of Iowa.
William Lucas was the son of , who arrived in Jefferson County in 1732 and received lands from Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron. William's wife was Susannah Barnes, sister-in-law to James Rumsey, whose steamship experiments took place on the nearby Potomac River.[2]
References[]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Rodney S. Collins (June 14, 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Lucas, Captain William and Lucas, Robert, House" (pdf). National Park Service. Cite journal requires
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Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Houses in Jefferson County, West Virginia
- Robert Lucas family
- National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, West Virginia
- Houses completed in 1793
- Georgian architecture in West Virginia
- Stone houses in West Virginia
- Eastern Panhandle Registered Historic Place stubs