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Maidstone Manor Farm
Location: County Route 1/4, near Hedgesville, West Virginia 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 Governing body: Private MPS: Berkeley County MRA NRHP Reference#: 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 manor 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. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Don C. Wood (unknown). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Maidstone Manor Farm". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/berkeley/80004408.pdf. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
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Other lists Keeper of the Register • History of the National Register of Historic Places • Property types • Historic district • Contributing property Categories:- Historic districts in West Virginia
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- Historic districts in Berkeley County, West Virginia
- Houses completed in 1848
- Houses in Berkeley County, West Virginia
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