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Benjamin H. Snyder House

Coordinates: 39°25′5″N 78°11′52″W / 39.41806°N 78.19778°W / 39.41806; -78.19778
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Benjamin H. Snyder House
Benjamin H. Snyder House is located in West Virginia
Benjamin H. Snyder House
Benjamin H. Snyder House is located in the United States
Benjamin H. Snyder House
Location1925 Douglas Grove Rd., near Martinsburg, West Virginia
Coordinates39°25′5″N 78°11′52″W / 39.41806°N 78.19778°W / 39.41806; -78.19778
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1925
ArchitectSnyder, Benjamin H.
Architectural styleBungalow/Craftsman
NRHP reference No.04000029 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 11, 2004

Benjamin H. Snyder House is a historic home located near Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It was built about 1925, and is a 1+12-story, Arts and Crafts-style bungalow. It is built of concrete with weather board finished gables and the remainder finished in stucco. The front facade features a recessed, arcaded front porch. Also on the property are a concrete block garage (c. 1925), retaining wall (c. 1925), and a concrete obelisk memorializing an 18th-century ford of Opequon Creek known as an Old Pack Horse Ford (c. 1940).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ David L. Taylor (March 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Benjamin H. Snyder House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-02.