Английская Википедия:Harewood (West Virginia)

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

Description

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.[1]

Файл:"Harewood," Samuel Washington house, vicinity of Charles Town, West Virginia. Staircase.jpg
"Harewood," Samuel Washington house, designed by John Ariss in 1770, photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston, ca. 1930s

History

Samuel Washington moved to Harewood from his farm on Chotank Creek in Stafford County, Virginia to Harewood, accumulating Шаблон:Convert by the time he died in 1781

George Washington visited the house several times. James Madison and Dolley Payne Todd were married at Harewood on September 15, 1794.[2] Dolley's sister was Lucy Washington, wife of Samuel Washington's son, George Steptoe Washington, who had inherited the estate.

The property remains in the Washington family.[3]

See also

References

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External links

Шаблон:Washington family Шаблон:National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia


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