Maidstone Manor Farm
Maidstone Manor Farm | |
Location | County Route 1/4, near Hedgesville, West Virginia |
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Coordinates | 39°35′14″N 77°54′32″W / 39.58722°N 77.90889°WCoordinates: 39°35′14″N 77°54′32″W / 39.58722°N 77.90889°W |
Area | 267 acres (108 ha) |
Built | 1848 |
Architect | Leigh, William |
MPS | Berkeley County MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 80004408 [1] |
Added to NRHP | December 10, 1980 |
Maidstone Manor Farm, also known as William R. Leigh House, is a national historic district located near Hedgesville, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It encompasses a historic farm with three contributing buildings and one contributing site, the site of a slave cabin. The plantation house is a two-story, square brick dwelling with a slate covered pyramidal roof. It is three bays wide and two bays deep and features a one bay entrance portico supported by paired Doric order columns. Also on the property are a barn and brick smokehouse. It was the birthplace of noted artist William Robinson Leigh (1866-1955), father of William Colston Leigh, Sr. (1901-1992).[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Don C. Wood. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Maidstone Manor Farm" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
Categories:
- Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Historic districts in Berkeley County, West Virginia
- Houses completed in 1848
- Houses in Berkeley County, West Virginia
- Plantation houses in West Virginia
- Plantations in West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Berkeley County, West Virginia
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Slave cabins and quarters in the United States
- Berkeley County, West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs