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Swan Pond Manor Historic District

Coordinates: 39°28′18″N 77°51′57″W / 39.47167°N 77.86583°W / 39.47167; -77.86583
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Swan Pond Manor Historic District
Swan Pond Manor Historic District is located in West Virginia
Swan Pond Manor Historic District
Swan Pond Manor Historic District is located in the United States
Swan Pond Manor Historic District
LocationSwan Pond, near Martinsburg, West Virginia
Coordinates39°28′18″N 77°51′57″W / 39.47167°N 77.86583°W / 39.47167; -77.86583
Area2,465 acres (998 ha)
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPSBerkeley County MRA
NRHP reference No.80004425 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 10, 1980

Swan Pond Manor Historic District is a national historic district located near Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia, U.S.A. It encompasses 21 contributing buildings, one site, and one structure, over 2,465 acres. The agricultural district boundaries reflect the Swan Pond Manor land of Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, which he set aside in 1747 as a part of his Northern Neck Territory for his personal use. Notable buildings include the Capt. James Mason House, Kroh-Sprinkle House (1819), Jacob A. Small House, Robert Carter Willis House, Dr. Williams House (a Greek Revival style house built c. 1840), "Hollidale," and "Wood Haven" (1895), Raleigh Morgan House. Also located in the district is the separately listed Swan Pond.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[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. ^ unknown (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Swan Pond Manor Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved June 2, 2011.