Cedar Lawn
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Cedar Lawn
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| Location | Charles Town, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Built | 1825 |
| Architect | Unknown |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP Reference # | 74002004 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 4, 1974 |
Cedar Lawn, also known as Berry Hill and Poplar Hill, is one of several houses built near Charles Town, West Virginia for members of the Washington family. Cedar Lawn was built in 1825 for John Thornton Augustine Washington, George Washington's grand-nephew. The property was originally part of the Harewood estate belonging to Samuel Washington. The property that eventually became Cedar Lawn was left to Samuel's son, Thornton Washington, who built "Berry Hill", named for his wife's family. Berry Hill was destroyed by fire, and John Thornton Augustine built Cedar Lawn when he inherited.[2]
In the 1940s, the house was bought by R.J. Funkhouser, an industrialist who had a taste for Washington family estates, who also owned Blakeley and Claymont Court. The property remains in the Funkhouser family and is known as O'Sullivan Farms, after Funkhouser's principal venture, the O'Sullivan Corporation.
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External links
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. WV-15, "Cedar Lawn, Summit Point Road, Charles Town vicinity, Jefferson County, WV", 2 photos
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- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Houses in Jefferson County, West Virginia
- Washington family residences
- Federal architecture in West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, West Virginia
- Houses completed in 1825
- Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Plantations in West Virginia
- Historic American Buildings Survey in West Virginia
- West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
