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The Van Swearingen-Shepherd House, also known as Bellevue, is a Colonial Revival mansion in Shepherdstown, West Virginia that is home to the descendants of Captain Thomas Shepherd, founder of Shepherdstown.
Southwest of Shepherdstown on WV 480 39°25′37″N 77°48′43″W / 39.4269°N 77.8119°W / 39.4269; -77.8119 ( Morgan-Bedinger-Dandridge Shepherdstown
The town is the oldest in West Virginia, founded in 1762 as Mecklenburg. No structures are known to exist from the time before the town became known as Shepherdstown. The historic district is concentrated along German Street, the main street, with 386 contributing resources and 69 non-contributing elements.
During the American Revolutionary War, local men began drilling in Shepherdstown, and two companies of riflemen were organized in July 1775 at the request of the Continental Congress. By this time, William Morgan was a colonel in the Continental Army , and, under Morgan's command, the troops began the Bee-Line March on July 17, 1775, marching ...
Located at 136 West German Street, in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, the Conrad Shindler House, circa 1795, is likely the second house to have been constructed on Lot 17, as the first recorded deed of sale between Thomas Shepherd and George Burket stipulated that to maintain ownership of the property, "[the owner] must build or erect or cause to be built or erected … one good dwelling house ...
Harold M. Forbes (1981), "The Press and Printing" (PDF), West Virginia History: A Bibliography and Guide to Research, West Virginia University Press; Harold M. Forbes (1989). West Virginia Newspapers, 1790-1990: A Union List. Morgantown: West Virginia University Library. OCLC 20336545. Betty L. Powell Hart (1991). "Spicy Editorials and Fearless ...
The Morgan-Bedinger-Dandridge House — first known as Poplar Grove, then Rosebrake or Rose Brake — is part of a group of structures affiliated with the Morgan's Grove rural historic district near Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The property was known as "Poplar Grove" until 1877.
Glenburnie is an historic farm complex located between Shepherdstown, West Virginia and Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia. The house was built by James Glenn in 1802, completing the barn two years later. [2] The two-story center hall brick house has two rooms on one side of the hall, and one the full depth of the house on the other.