Samuel Hedges House Explained

Samuel Hedges House
Location:County Route 9/10, near Hedgesville, West Virginia
Coordinates:39.5278°N -77.9978°W
Built:c. 1772, c. 1855
Architect:Hedges, Samuel
Added:December 12, 1976
Refnum:76001931

Samuel Hedges House is a historic home located near Hedgesville in Berkeley County, West Virginia, United States. It is a two-story, L-shaped dwelling with a three-bay wide, gable roofed limestone main block and frame ell. The main block was built about 1772 and the addition built in the mid-1850s. It features a pedimented entrance porch supported by Doric order columns. Also on the property is a -story coursed-rubble outbuilding and a log smokehouse.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Samuel Hedges House. May 1976. 2011-06-02 . James E. Harding . State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation.