- Cold Spring (Shepherdstown, West Virginia)
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Cold Spring
Nearest city: Shepherdstown, West Virginia Coordinates: 39°23′48″N 77°49′5″W / 39.39667°N 77.81806°WCoordinates: 39°23′48″N 77°49′5″W / 39.39667°N 77.81806°W Built: 1793 Architect: Unknown Architectural style: No Style Listed Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 73001917 Added to NRHP: August 14, 1973[1] Cold Spring is a house near Shepherdstown, West Virginia, childhood home to two United States Representatives. The house was built by Edward Lucas III and his son, Robert in 1793. It is a two-story house of coursed ashlar stone masonry.
Several of Robert and Sarah Rion Lucas' children were notable. Edward Lucas V served as a lieutenant in the War of 1812, then was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1819, 130 and 1831. From 1833 to 1837 he was a US Congressman. Following his political career he was the superintendent of the Harpers Ferry Armory.
William Lucas became a lawyer. In 1838 he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates, and in 1839 he was elected to Congress. In 1836 he built Rion Hall near Halltown, West Virginia.
A third brother, Robert, inherited Cold Spring, leaving it to his nephew, Daniel Bedinger Lucas in 1880. [2]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Ted McGee (March 9, 1973). National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Cold SpringPDF (696 KB). National Park Service
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