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Viewed from the South West. This barn has asymmetrical gable ends indicating it was built before 1840.

1. Hilliards Barn, Jefferson Co., W. Va.

View from the North East.

2. Hilliards Barn; Jefferson Co., W. Va.

View from the south west. Built in 1795 by Ferdinado Fairfax, godson of George and Martha Washington.

3. 'The Rocks', Anne Lewis Home, Near Meyerstown, Jefferson Co., W. Va.

View from the south west.

4. Newton Vickers Home, Jefferson Co., W. Va.

Located on Bullskin Creek, the house was built by John Ariss in 1786.

5. Locust Hill, Jefferson Co., W. Va.

Interior of the house, west end of north wall of room to right of "?". Also known as Shepard Hall, the structure was built in 1798 by Moses Shepard.

6. Monument Place, Elm Grove in Wheeling, W. Va.

South and West (Rear) of the structure also known as "Shepard Hall". The house was built in 1798 by Moses Shepard.

7. Monument Place, Elm Grove in Wheeling, W. Va.

View from South West. The house was built in the late 18th century.

8. Walnut Hill, Jefferson Co., W. Va.

View from the North West.

9. Slave Quarters of Trammell Hollis Home, Gerrardstown, W. Va.

Located in the Halltown area, it's also known as the Humphreys-Alexander House. The structure was built ca. 1845.

10. Walnut Hill, Jefferson Co., W. Va.

View from south west. Also known as Prospect Hill, the house was built ca, 1796.

11. Trammell Hollis Home, Gerrardstown, W. Va.

View from the south west. Built by Frank Turner in 1830 on the Berryville Rd. near Charles Town. He sold the property, also known as Bullskin Farm to Straith Briscoe.

12. Straith Briscoe Home, Jefferson Co., W. Va.

View from the southwest.

13. Effie McIntyre Home, Kearneysville, W. Va.

Built ca. 1775, view is of rear of the house.

14. Nathan Haines House, Summit Point, W. Va.

15. Level Green Slave Quarters Outbuilding, Jefferson Co., W. Va.

View of outbuilding from south-east.

16. Traveler's Rest Slave Quarters, Jefferson Co., W. Va.

Also known as the Fairfax Grant Stock Farm, built ca. 1775.

17. Nathan Haines House, Summit Point, W. Va.

Outbuilding which is probably a meat house on a large farm, viewed from the south-west.

18. Meathouse, Jefferson Co., W. Va.

Known as "Traveler's Rest" the view is from the south-east. Gates built the house ca. 1760.

19. General Horatio Gates House; Jefferson Co., W. Va.

Gates named the home he built ca. 1760, "Traveler's Rest". The view is from south-west.

20. General Horatio Gates House; Jefferson Co., W. Va.

View of the back of the house from the north-east. General Horatio Gates built the house ca. 1760. Later he served under George Washington during the American Revolution.

21. Traveler's Rest, Jefferson Co., W. Va.

View of the Horatio Gates home from the north-east.

22. Traveler's Rest, Jefferson Co., W. Va.

23. Osborn House, Shenandoah Junction, Jefferson Co., W. Va.

Also called Tudor Hall. Built ca. 1820, the view is from the north-east.

24. Grantham House, Middleway, Jefferson Co., W. Va.

North end of court room, west of main corridor. Extensive damage was done to the courthouse during several army occupations and battles during the Civil War. The structure was eventually restored.

25. Jefferson County Courthouse, Jefferson County, W. Va.

Named Falling Spring and located near Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The structure was built by Jacob Morgan in 1841. Viewed from the south-east.

26. Jacob Morgan Steptoe House, Shepherdstown, W. Va.

Built by Samuel Washington, younger brother of George Washington in 1770. Viewed from the north-west.

27. Harewood Near Charles Town, W. Va.

Built by Samuel Washington, younger brother of George Washington, in 1770. View from the south-east.

28. Harewood Near Charles Town, W. Va.

Built by John Thornton Augustine Washington, grand-nephew of George Washington, in 1825. View from the south-east.

29. Cedar Lawn, Jefferson Co., W. Va.

Located near Leetown and built in 1835 by Federal Judge Henry St. George Tucker. View from the south-east.

30. Woodbury, Jefferson Co., W. Va.

Built ca. 1742 by Dr. John McCormick. View from the south-west.

31. Whitehouse, Summit Point, W. Va.

Handhewn clapboard house was built ca. 1751. Peter Burr was first cousin to United States Vice President Aaron Burr.

32. Peter Burr House Near Bardane, Jefferson Co., W. Va.

Handhewn clapboard house was built ca. 1751. Peter Burr was first cousin to United States Vice President Aaron Burr.

33. Peter Burr House Near Bardane, Jefferson Co., W. Va.

John Worthington built the original structure in 1735. Dr. John Briscoe remodeled the house to it's present day appearance in 1780. View from the south-west.

34. Piedmont Near Charles Town, Jefferson Co., W. Va.

House was built in ca. 1845. Since the photograph was taken the house has been demolished.

35. Ranson House, Ranson, Jefferson Co., W. Va.

The "back House' shown in the is photograph was built in ca. 1737 by Richard Morgan, and grandson, Daniel Morgan built the "Great House" ca. 1800.

36. Rosebrake, Dandridge House, Jefferson Co., W. Va.

West side and (north) back end. John Brown tried and convicted here in 1859. The building was badly damaged during the Civil War and eventually restored.

37. Jefferson County Courthouse, Charles Town, W. Va.

East side and north end. John Brown tried and convicted here in 1859. The building was badly damaged during the Civil War and eventually restored.

38. Jefferson County Courthouse in Charles Town, W. Va.

North wall of the court room on the second floor. The building badly damaged during the Civil War and eventually restored.

39. Intrerior of Jefferson County Courthouse, Charles Town, W. Va.

North and West walls of main courtroom on second floor. John Brown tried and convicted here in 1859. The building badly damaged during the Civil War and eventually restored.

40. Interior of Jefferson County Courthouse, Charles Town, W. Va.

Slave quarters and outbuilding viewed from the South East. Also known as the R. Lucas House.

41. Elmwood Slave Quarters, Jefferson Co., W. Va.

Celebration of West Virginia's 100 years of statehood.

42. Celebration of West Virginia Centennial

Constructed for the New York World's Fair 1964-1965. In picture: William Wallace Barron- Governor and Hulett C. Smith- Commissioner of Commerce

43. Groundbreaking Ceremony for West Virginia Pavilion, New York

Marshall Burns outbuilding viewed from S.W.

44. Beverley Out Building, Rt. 340, Jefferson County, W. Va.

Originally built in 1750, Beverley has been remodeled several times. Near Rippon, West Virginia.

45. 'Beverley' on Berryville Rd., Jefferson County, W. Va.

View from the N.W. of the log house.

46. Henry Henderson House, Jefferson County, W. Va.

Also known as the Vinton Farm, the house was built in 1840.

47. Jack Manning House, Berryville Rd., Charles Town, W. Va.

48. Old Stone Tavern, New Creek, Mineral Co., W. Va.

49. Old Stone Tavern, New Creek, Mineral County, W. Va.

A Georgian style mansion built in 1840 by Bushrod C. Washington, grand nephew of George Washington.

50. 'Claymont Court', Jefferson County, W. Va.

Possibly part of the Vestal or Shenandoah Bloomery, the first ironworks west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. William Vestal operate the ironworks built on his land, from 1742 to 1760.

51. Vestal House Out Building, Near Charles Town, W. Va.

52. Jim Comstock Editor of "West Virginia Hillbilly" Publication, Richwood, W. Va.

Left to right:n Great Britain's Prince Edward; U. S. Army General John J. Pershing; Unidentified; Winston Churchill; and John W. Davis.  Davis was from Clarksburg, W. Va. and ran for United States President in 1924.

53. John W. Davis, U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain

54. President Truman Visits Welch, W. Va.

Notes on back of photograph: "Uncle Edgar Lucher (3rd on porch), Uncle Ira Lucher (And first wife, who's name is unreadable), Uncle Sam Fordham and Clara Lucher (daughter of Aunt Nina)." Note the nets over the horses' ears to keep flies out.

55. Horse and Carriages Outside of Fisher's General Store, Grassy Creek, W. Va.

Fighter pilot in WWII, won many victories over Europe. After the war became a Jet test pilot and the 1st to travel faster then sound in 1947.

56. General Charles E. 'Chuck' Yeager from Lincoln County, W. Va.

"Captain Bill Griffith" (William C. Griffith of Big Briar Creek, Boone County, West Virginia. Griffith captained a stern wheeler named "Peytona" on the Coal River. He was the first to navigate a stern-wheeler through the Coal River's new locks and dams in 1855. During the Civil War, Griffith served in the ranks of Company B, 36th Virginia Infantry Regiment, Confederate Army.

57. Captain Bill Griffith of Big Briar Creek, Boone County, W. Va.

This photo was taken before retirement from active duty, July 1960. Hearne served in the West Virginia State Legislature and State Republican Party.

58. Colonel Julian G. Hearne Jr., Wheeling, W. Va.

59. Ned Chilton, Newspaper Editor of Charleston Gazette

Commanded Confederate troops during the first invasion of Kanawha Valley, 1861. Wise was Governor of Virginia, 1856 -1860.

60. Brigadier General Henry A. Wise

Director, producer, and screenwriter in the motion picture industry.

61. Clyde Ware from West Union, Doddridge County, W. Va.

62. Bridge Across Buffalo Creek at Cressmont, Clay County, W. Va.

Dundon was a resort area along the Elk River.

63. Dundon Office, Clay County, W. Va.

Probably a guest of the resort at Dundon near the Elk River.

64. M.W. Bradley at Dundon, Clay County, W. Va.