Altona is a historic farm near Charles Town, West Virginia, with an extensive set of subsidiary buildings. Its original Federal style plantation house was built in 1793 by Revolutionary War officer Abraham Davenport on land purchased from Charles Washington, and was later expanded by Davenport's son, Colonel Braxton Davenport. During the Civil War the farm served as a favored encampment, and generals Philip Sheridan and Ulysses S. Grant both used the house as a headquarters and meeting place. The farm left the Davenport family in 1906 and was repurchased in 1936, with a Sears, Roebuck house added to the property in the interim. 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 TypeSourced to the subject's own account LocationSourced to the subject's own accountJefferson County, United States 3 Completed Year Classification
Standing Status Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account Connections
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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. Altona (West Virginia) (Wikipedia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altona_(West_Virginia), lead definition
Altona, near Charles Town, West Virginia, is a historic farm with an extensive set of subsidiary buildings.
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Altona is a historic farm near Charles Town, West Virginia, with an extensive set of subsidiary buildings. Its original Federal style plantation house was built in 1793 by Revolutionary War officer Abraham Davenport on land purchased from Charles Washington, and was later expanded by Davenport's son, Colonel Braxton Davenport. During the Civil War the farm served as a favored encampment, and generals Philip Sheridan and Ulysses S. Grant both used the house as a headquarters and meeting place. The farm left the Davenport family in 1906 and was repurchased in 1936, with a Sears, Roebuck house added to the property in the interim.
Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1793)
completion_date/completed = 1793
In Style: Federal Architecture, Infobox, architecture
architecture: Federal
Uses Element: Timber, Wikipedia article
Major Abraham Davenport, Sr.'s 1793 house was a wood-frame structure built on land purchased from Charles Washington, adjoining several Washington family homes, including Blakeley, Claymont Court and Harewood.
View the Source2. Altona (West Virginia) (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Plantation)Quote, Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Plantation)
Wikidata item Q4736929, instance of (P31): plantation
3. Altona (West Virginia) (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 386666): Jefferson County, United StatesQuote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 386666): Jefferson County, United States
Wikidata item Q4736929, property P131/P17 (location): Jefferson County, United States
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