Boidstones Place
Boidstones Place | |
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| Nearest city | Shepherdstown, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 39°28′11″N 77°48′6″W / 39.46972°N 77.80167°W |
| Built | 1766 |
| Architectural style | Colonial, Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 99001397 |
| Added to NRHP | November 22, 1999[1] |
Boidstones Place, also called Greenbrakes and Fountain Rock, was built in 1766 by Thomas Boydston near
Greek Revival
section of the house. The property was sold out of the Shepherd family in 1886, but was returned to the Shepherds in 1916 for use as a summer place.
The original
Colonial Revival
style.
Other structures on the farm include a log cabin (c. 1850), a log cottage (c. 1850s, altered in 1938), a tenant house (c. 1890), a springhouse (1850s), a garage (1920s), the main barn (c. 1850), a machine shed (c. 1910), a spray shed (c. 1920) and a bull shed (c. 1910) as well as a cemetery for slaves, active from c. 1776 to 1865.
A large spring on the property became known as Stillhouse Spring, where Boydston produced
whiskey which was shipped down the river from a dock.[2]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Elizabeth Hyman with Erin Pogany and Katherine Jourdan (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Boidstones Place" (PDF). National Park Service.
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