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Coordinates: 39°18′10″N 77°54′56″W / 39.30278°N 77.91556°W / 39.30278; -77.91556
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Harewood
Harewood, December 2008
Harewood (West Virginia) is located in West Virginia
Harewood (West Virginia)
Harewood (West Virginia) is located in the United States
Harewood (West Virginia)
LocationJefferson County, West Virginia, USA
Nearest cityCharles Town, West Virginia
Coordinates39°18′10″N 77°54′56″W / 39.30278°N 77.91556°W / 39.30278; -77.91556
ArchitectAriss, John
Architectural styleGeorgian
NRHP reference No.73001909
Added to NRHPMarch 14, 1973[1]

Harewood is one of several houses in the vicinity of Charles Town, West Virginia built for members of the Washington family.

Description

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The house was designed by John Ariss for Samuel Washington in 1770, using a center-hall, single-pile plan. The two-story limestone house has a raised basement and flanking stone wings. Exterior details are simple, with only a modillioned cornice at the eaves of the shallow hipped roof. The interior is detailed in the manner of the Tidewater-region houses that Washington and Arris were familiar with. Interior detailing is extensive with Doric pilasters in the main downstairs rooms.[2]

"Harewood," Samuel Washington house, designed by John Ariss in 1770, photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston, ca. 1930s

History

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Samuel Washington moved to Harewood from his farm on Chotank Creek in Stafford County, Virginia to Harewood, accumulating 3,800 acres (15 km2) by the time he died in 1781.

George Washington visited the house several times, and its interior features a marble fireplace reportedly given to George Washington by the Marquis de Lafayette.[3]

After Samuel Washington's death, it was inherited by his son George Steptoe Washington, whose sister-in-law Dolley Payne Todd married future President James Madison in the house on September 15, 1794.[4][5] Another of Samuel's sons, Thornton Washington, built Cedar Lawn nearby. During the American Civil War, James Taylor (who accompanied Union troops in the area) sketched it and noted the luxury of its interior compared with the relatively plain late Georgian style exterior.[3] During the 1930s, photographs of the interior were taken by the Historic American Buildings Survey.[6]

Present status

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The oldest surviving Washington family house in Jefferson County also is the only one still owned by members of the extended Washington family.[7] Modern archeological excavations of a graveyard at Harewood noted that some remains were moved to the graveyard of Zion Episcopal Church in Charles Town in 1882, and have identified the remains of Lucy Payne (wife of George Steptoe Washington) and two of Samuel Washington's grandsons.[8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ Allen, John C. Jr. (2011). Uncommon Vernacular: The Early Houses of Jefferson County, West Virginia, 1735-1835. West Virginia University Press. pp. 52–53. ISBN 978-1-933202-87-7.
  3. ^ a b "Harewood". August 2018.
  4. ^ "Dolley Madison". James Madison's Montpelier. 2011. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  5. ^ https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/255 [bare URL]
  6. ^ "harewood - West Virginia History OnView | WVU Libraries Search Results". wvhistoryonview.org.
  7. ^ Charles W. Snell (August 1, 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Harewood" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2013.
  8. ^ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/george-washington-family-secrets-revealed-by-dna-from-unmarked-19th-century-graves/ar-BB1kHQ6V [bare URL]
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