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Boyd Avenue Historic District

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Boyd Avenue Historic District WV
Boyd Avenue Historic District WV

The Boyd Avenue Historic District is a residential district comprising 80 houses in Martinsburg, West Virginia. The district includes the circa 1776 Aspen Hall and the associated Mendenhall's Fort of circa 1756. The district extends along Boyd Avenue 1,500 feet (460 m) from West Race Street to Aspen Hall. The older section of the street is a single 40-foot (12 m) right-of-way, while the newer portion is boulevarded, with a grassed median between two separate roads. The older section is significant from about 1888 to 1914, while the newer portion is significant from 1914 to the 1950s. Houses reflect a variety of styles, ranging from Italianate and Colonial Revival through Bungalow and 1950s ranch and Cape Cod styles. A mixture of wood and masonry construction is present, typically two stories high. Lots are typically narrow and deep. House forms, independent of style, range from the I-house in older sections to American Foursquare, to 1½ story Cape Cod and 1 story ranch houses. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

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Boyd Avenue Historic District
Boyd Avenue, Martinsburg

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Boyd Avenue 2117
25401 Martinsburg
West Virginia, United States
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Boyd Avenue Historic District WV
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Aspen Hall (Martinsburg, West Virginia)
Aspen Hall (Martinsburg, West Virginia)

Aspen Hall, also known as the Edward Beeson House, was built beginning in 1771 as a stone house in the Georgian style in what would become Martinsburg, West Virginia. The first portion of the house was a 20 by 20 foot "fortified stone home", 2½ stories tall., in coursed rubble limestone built in 1745 by Edward Beeson I. It is the oldest house in Martinsburg. The Georgian block of the house was built by Edward Beeson II, a wealthy Quaker farmer and miller. Beeson died in 1817 and the house was sold to Mathew Ranson of Jefferson County in 1821, who then sold it to Union Colonel John W. Stewart in 1850. The house remained in the Stewart family until 1926.Aspen Hall is notable for its outstanding entrance hall, measuring 13 feet (4.0 m) wide and 36 feet (11 m) deep. The original interior was laid out in a side hall arrangement, two rooms deep. The principal interior rooms are paneled. About 1900 the house was altered to make what had been the rear entrance the front, and Victorian details were added.The property includes the blockhouse of Mendenhall's Fort, built about 1755 by John Mendenhall, brother of Edward Beeson I's widow. There was a wooden stockade that extended from the blockhouse to surround Mendenhall's and Beeson's homes. Mendenhall's home was also built in 1755, making it the second oldest house in Martinsburg. The fort was built to defend the area against Native American attack during the French and Indian War. The fortification was noted by George Washington in a communication to Colonel William Fairfax in 1757. Col. Washington garrisoned troops at Mendenhall's several times. House of Burgesses candidate Washington attended a wedding at "Mendenhall's Mill" in 1761. The property was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, and is included in the Boyd Avenue Historic District.