High Banks Explained

High Banks
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:December 16, 2010[1]
Designated Other1 Number:034-0109
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:423 High Banks Rd., near Stephenson, Virginia
Coordinates:39.2061°N -78.07°W
Built:c. c. 1858; 1920; 1944
Builder:Thomas Helm; James D. Stillwell
Architecture:late Greek Revival
Added:March 1, 2011
Refnum:11000066[2]

High Banks, also known as the Helm-Clevenger House, is a historic home and farm located near Stephenson, Frederick County, Virginia. The house was built about 1753, and is a two-story, three bay by two bay, center-hall, double-pile, limestone dwelling. It has a one-story, two-bay by three-bay frame addition and a frame rear wing. The front porch and interior features detailing in the late Greek Revival were added about 1858. Also on the property are a contributing foundation and partial wall of a post-Civil War bank barn and an 18th-century icehouse pit, both made of stone.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings. 2011-03-11. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 2/28/11 through 3/04/11. National Park Service. 2013-07-07. 2014-02-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20140222141203/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/listings/20110311.htm. dead.
  3. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: High Banks . James C. Massey and Shirley Maxwell. September 2010. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos