Stump Family Farm

Coordinates: 38°54′31″N 79°1′10″W / 38.90861°N 79.01944°W / 38.90861; -79.01944
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Stump Family Farm
Stump Family Farm is located in Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
Stump Family Farm
Stump Family Farm
Stump Family Farm is located in West Virginia
Stump Family Farm
Stump Family Farm
Stump Family Farm is located in the United States
Stump Family Farm
Stump Family Farm
LocationWV 7, southern fork of the Potomac River, near Moorefield, West Virginia
Coordinates38°54′31″N 79°1′10″W / 38.90861°N 79.01944°W / 38.90861; -79.01944
Area100.6 acres (40.7 ha)
Built1775
Architectural styleSingle pen
NRHP reference No.98001471[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 15, 1998

Stump Family Farm is a national historic district located near Moorefield, Hardy County, West Virginia. The district encompasses three contributing buildings and one contributing site. It includes a cabin constructed of rough hewn white oak with a top log of pine, built about 1775. Also on the property is a barn (c. 1810), well house (c. 1810), and the Stump family cemetery. The property commemorates pre-revolutionary pioneer life in America. Michael Stump purchased the property about 1781 and it remained in the family until 1972.[2]

The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Katherine M. Jourdan (June 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Stump Family Farm" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved August 5, 2011.