Hazelfield

Hazelfield, located near Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia is a historic farm, whose principal residence was built in 1815 for Ann Stephen Dandridge Hunter.[2]

Hazelfield
Nearest cityShenandoah Junction, West Virginia
Coordinates39°22′25.73″N 77°51′34.67″W
Built1815
NRHP reference No.76001938
Added to NRHPDecember 12, 1976[1]

Description

The Federal style stone house is covered with brown stucco, with wood weatherboard gables. The main block is 2-1/2 stories, with a prominent attic lit by a large lunette. A less formal 1-1/2 story side wing is attached to the north side of the main block. The pedimented entrance porch is centered on the east facade. The interior is arranged with a transverse hall plan, the hall extending across the width of the front elevation on both main levels, with two rooms to the rear. The U-shaped stairway is at the southeast corner of the hall. Hazelfield is one of the earliest examples of this plan, which was often employed in later houses that were built by the Washington family elsewhere in Jefferson County.[2][3]

The house rests on a stone basement. The roof is painted metal. The ground floor includes a parlor and dining room in the main section, with a kitchen and pantry in the wing, all but the pantry with fireplaces.[2]

History

The 600-acre (240 ha) Hazelfield estate was given to Ann Stephen by her father, Adam Stephen, on her 1780 marriage to Alexander Spotswood Dandridge, grandson of Virginia colonial lieutenant governor Alexander Spotswood and brother-in-law of Patrick Henry. After Dandridge's death, Ann married Colonel Moses Hunter in 1787. They had three children. After the death of her son David during the War of 1812, Ann moved from Martinsburg to the Hazelfield property and built the Hazelfield house in 1815. On Ann's death in 1834, the property passed to her grandson, David Hunter Tucker, and was used by his brother Nathaniel Beverly Tucker and his wife in the 1840s.[2]

The house was abandoned in the early 1970s when it was purchased by historian William Howard Adams and his wife Janet, and repaired for summer use. Adams believes the house was adapted from the William Adam-designed plan of Milton House in Edinburgh, Scotland[4]

Hazelfield was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 12, 1976.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. Phillip R. Pitts and James E. Harding (March 2, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: "Hazelfield"" (pdf). National Park Service. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Chambers, S. Allen, Jr. Buildings of West Virginia. Oxford University Press. p. 556. ISBN 0-19-516548-9.
  4. Vogel, Carol (August 21, 1983). "A Pristine Survivor from 1815". New York Times. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.