Wappocomo is a late eighteenth-century Georgian mansion and farm overlooking the South Branch Potomac River north of Romney in Hampshire County, West Virginia, along present-day West Virginia Route 28 and the South Branch Valley Railroad. Its original section was built in 1774 using large weighted bricks that had served as ship's ballast for tobacco vessels on the James River before being shipped from England, and a stone addition, quarried from Mill Creek Mountain, was added in 1861. The farm has remained in the Parsons family into the twenty-first century, and the Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad operates its main depot, Wappocomo Station, on the property. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Building Type LocationSourced to the subject's own accountWest Virginia, United States 2 Completed Year Classification
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1. Wappocomo (Romney, West Virginia) (Wikipedia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wappocomo_(Romney,_West_Virginia), lead definition
Wappocomo is a late 18th-century Georgian mansion and farm overlooking the South Branch Potomac River north of Romney, Hampshire County, West Virginia, USA.
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Wappocomo is a late eighteenth-century Georgian mansion and farm overlooking the South Branch Potomac River north of Romney in Hampshire County, West Virginia, along present-day West Virginia Route 28 and the South Branch Valley Railroad. Its original section was built in 1774 using large weighted bricks that had served as ship's ballast for tobacco vessels on the James River before being shipped from England, and a stone addition, quarried from Mill Creek Mountain, was added in 1861. The farm has remained in the Parsons family into the twenty-first century, and the Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad operates its main depot, Wappocomo Station, on the property.
Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1774)
completion_date/completed = 1774 (main house); 1861 (stone addition)
Wikipedia infobox building_type field (mansion)
Wappocomo is a late 18th-century Georgian mansion and farm overlooking the South Branch Potomac River north of Romney, Hampshire County, West Virginia, USA. It is located along Cumberland Road (West Virginia Route 28) and the South Branch Valley Railroad.
The original section of the mansion at Wappocomo was built in 1774 by Nicholas Casey (1745-1833), using bricks that had been used as ballast to
- In Style: Georgian Architecture, infobox architectural_style field: Georgian
Uses Element: Stone, Wikipedia categories
Category:Stone houses in West Virginia
View the Source2. Wappocomo (Romney, West Virginia) (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: West Virginia, United StatesQuote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: West Virginia, United States
Wikidata item Q7968298, property P131/P17 (location): West Virginia, United States
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