Lee-Longsworth House
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| Location | Harpers Ferry, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 39°19′32″N 77°44′49″W / 39.32556°N 77.74694°W |
| Built | 1800 |
| Architectural style | Georgian, Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 85002471 |
| Added to NRHP | September 23, 1985[1] |
The Lee-Longsworth House in Bolivar, West Virginia, is an example of the transition from Georgian style architecture to the Federal style. It preserves significant features of interior woodwork, and is associated with the Lee family of Virginia. The property was in 1799 leased by its then owner, Thomas Wilson, to the US Government. At some point after that time, the property was purchased by Richard B. Lee, his wife Elizabeth, Edmond I. Lee and Walton Jones to Ferdinando Fairfax for $3000, subject to the government lease.
Throughout the nineteenth century the house changed hands frequently and was entangled in a number of court proceedings. During the American Civil War it is alleged that Stonewall Jackson occupied the house for a brief time,[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Paula Stoner Reed (September 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Lee-Longsworth House" (PDF). National Park Service.
- American Civil War sites in West Virginia
- Fairfax family residences
- Federal architecture in West Virginia
- Georgian architecture in West Virginia
- Houses completed in 1800
- Houses in Jefferson County, West Virginia
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Jefferson County, West Virginia, in the American Civil War
- Lee family residences
- National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, West Virginia
- Bolivar, West Virginia
- Eastern Panhandle Registered Historic Place stubs