View of the Charles Town Academy, one of the first West Virginia academies, founded in 1797. Three sons of James Madison, fourth president of the United States, were educated here.
Jefferson County Courthouse in Charles Town, Jefferson County, W. Va.
Description:
Built in 1836, the courthouse was twice the scene of treason trials- abolitionist John Brown in 1859 and leaders of the coal miners' 1921 armed march in Southern West Virginia.
View of Claymont Court near Charles Town. The ante-bellum mansion was built in 1840 by Bushrod Corbin Washington, after the first dwelling burnt down in 1838. Washington was George Washington's grand-nephew. The mansion has a formal ballroom and two-story, columned porches.
Claymont Court, Charles Town, Jefferson County, W. Va.
Description:
Most elaborate of the Washington family plantations. This structure was built by Bushrod Corbin Washington in 1840. Washington was the grand-nephew of George Washington and the grandson of John Augustine Washington.
