Claymont Court, or simply Claymont, is a Georgian style brick mansion, the grandest of several built near Charles Town, West Virginia for members of the Washington family. The current house was built in 1840 for Bushrod Corbin Washington, nephew of Supreme Court justice Bushrod Washington and grand-nephew of George Washington, replacing an 1820 house on the same plantation that burned in 1838.
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Building Type LocationSourced to the subject's own accountJefferson County, United States 2 Completed Year Classification
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
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1. Claymont Court - Wikipedia
standing status determination, wikipedia summary
It is currently used as a retreat center by the Claymont Society for Continuous Education.
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completion_date/completed = 1840
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Claymont Court, or simply Claymont, is a Georgian-style brick mansion, the grandest of several built near Charles Town, West Virginia for members of the Washington family. The current "Big House" was built in 1840 for Bushrod Corbin Washington, nephew of Supreme Court justice Bushrod Washington and grand-nephew of George Washington, to replace the 1820 main house on his plantation that burned in 1
In Style: Georgian Architecture, Infobox, architecture
architecture: Georgian
Uses Element: Brick, Wikipedia lead
Claymont Court, or simply Claymont, is a Georgian-style brick mansion, the grandest of several built near Charles Town, West Virginia for members of the Washington family.
View the Source2. Claymont Court (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Jefferson County, United StatesQuote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Jefferson County, United States
Wikidata item Q5130107, property P131/P17 (location): Jefferson County, United States
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