Elmwood (Shepherdstown, West Virginia)
Appearance
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Nearest city | Shepherdstown, West Virginia |
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Coordinates | 39°23′50″N 77°48′50″W / 39.39722°N 77.81389°W |
Built | 1797 |
Architectural style | Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 73001918[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 17, 1973 |
Elmwood is a Federal style house near Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Located on land claimed in 1732 by Edward Lucas II, it was built in 1797 by his son, Edward Lucas III. During the Civil War the house was used as a field hospital. It remained in the Lucas family until 1948.[2]
The brick house is two stories over a raised basement, with a center-hall arrangement on both levels. The brick on the side and rear elevations has glazed headers. The house is unusual in the location of a side door in the dining room on the gable end. A portico with a new entry door was added in the nineteenth century.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Ted McGee (March 9, 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Elmwood" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2013.
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(help) - ^ Allen, John C. Jr. (2011). Uncommon Vernacular: The Early Houses of Jefferson County, West Virginia, 1735-1835. West Virginia University Press. pp. 54–55. ISBN 978-1-933202-87-7.
External links
[edit]Media related to Elmwood (Shepherdstown, West Virginia) at Wikimedia Commons
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. WV-25, "Elmwood, Shenandoah Junction, Jefferson County, WV", 7 photos
Categories:
- American Civil War sites in West Virginia
- Federal architecture in West Virginia
- Historic American Buildings Survey in West Virginia
- Houses completed in 1797
- Houses in Jefferson County, West Virginia
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Jefferson County, West Virginia in the American Civil War
- National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, West Virginia
- Robert Lucas family
- Shepherdstown, West Virginia
- American Civil War hospitals
- Eastern Panhandle Registered Historic Place stubs