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Garden Farms Show map of the United States Coordinates: 38°23′25.30″N 82°22′49.54″W / 38.3903611°N 82.3804278°W / 38.3903611; -82.3804278
Altona, near Charles Town, West Virginia, is a historic farm with an extensive set of subsidiary buildings. The original Federal style plantation house was built in 1793 by Revolutionary War officer Abraham Davenport on land purchased from Charles Washington. The house was expanded by Abraham's son, Colonel Braxton Davenport.
Heritage Farm Museum and Village is an open-air living history museum in Huntington, West Virginia that focuses on Appalachian history and culture.Originally conceived as a location to house and display the private collection of A. Michael "Mike" and Henriella Perry, Heritage Farm has expanded into an entire Appalachian Frontier Village that was recently [when?] named West Virginia's first ...
The fencing separated the farm's conservation areas from the farm's other residents, 130 head of cattle. [9] In July 2009, it was announced that the farm was in the running for the West Virginia Conservation Farmer of the Year, though it is unclear if the farm won. [9] The farm had won Jefferson County Conservation Farmer of the Year in 2009. [9]
In Mason County, where small farms were reliant upon slavery, its residents overwhelmingly supported the Union cause. [9] During the war, many plantations in West Virginia served as preferred venues for military headquarters and meeting places for both Union and Confederate military officers due to their adequate accommodations and resources.
Cool Spring Farm, located near Charles Town, West Virginia was first established along Bullskin Run around 1750. The Federal style second house on the property, built in 1813, is extant, with a Greek Revival–influenced third house, built in 1832 that shows the evolution of the farmstead. The farm is significant as an example of agricultural ...
Wilson–Kuykendall Farm is a historic home located near Moorefield, Hardy County, West Virginia. It was built about 1870, and is a two-story, brick Greek Revival style dwelling. It also has Gothic and Italianate stylistic influences. It features a central roof tower with a "widows walk" flanked by paired chimney stacks.
South Central Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Echo Pilot, weekly, of Greencastle, Pennsylvania; The Jackson Herald, weekly, of Ripley, West Virginia; Mineral Daily News Tribune [124] of Keyser, West Virginia; The Record Herald [125] of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania