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Maidstone Manor Farm

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MAIDSTONE MANOR FARM, HEDGESVILLE, BERKELEY COUNTY, WV
MAIDSTONE MANOR FARM, HEDGESVILLE, BERKELEY COUNTY, WV

Maidstone Manor Farm, also known as William R. Leigh House, is a national historic district located near Hedgesville, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It encompasses a historic farm with three contributing buildings and one contributing site, the site of a slave cabin. The plantation house is a two-story, square brick dwelling with a slate covered pyramidal roof. It is three bays wide and two bays deep and features a one bay entrance portico supported by paired Doric order columns. Also on the property are a barn and brick smokehouse. It was the birthplace of noted artist William Robinson Leigh (1866-1955), father of William Colston Leigh, Sr. (1901-1992).It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

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Maidstone Manor Farm
Portsmouth Court North,

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Portsmouth Court North

Portsmouth Court North
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MAIDSTONE MANOR FARM, HEDGESVILLE, BERKELEY COUNTY, WV
MAIDSTONE MANOR FARM, HEDGESVILLE, BERKELEY COUNTY, WV
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