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Snodgrass Tavern

1742 establishments in VirginiaDrinking establishments on the National Register of Historic Places in West VirginiaHouses completed in 1742Houses in Berkeley County, West VirginiaHouses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
Log buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in West VirginiaNational Register of Historic Places in Berkeley County, West VirginiaStone houses in West Virginia
SNODGRASS TAVERN, HEDGESVILLE, BERKELEY COUNTY, WV
SNODGRASS TAVERN, HEDGESVILLE, BERKELEY COUNTY, WV

Snodgrass Tavern is an historic tavern located near Hedgesville in Berkeley County, West Virginia. The structure was built in stages beginning around 1742, and is one of the oldest buildings in West Virginia still standing. It is uncertain when the structure became a tavern; but according to Early Hedgesville Chronicles 1720–1947, by William Moore, an account of Robert Snodgrass's wife, Susannah and their first daughter, baby Elizabeth describes it having been used as a tavern during the Indian wars at the brink of the French and Indian War (early to mid 1750s). Specifically, they hid beneath the floors of the tavern, while the Indians drank and fought above. The tavern lasted until 1847, when the property was sold as a private residence. The structure and surrounding property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Snodgrass Tavern
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Hedgesville Road 6298
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West Virginia, United States
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SNODGRASS TAVERN, HEDGESVILLE, BERKELEY COUNTY, WV
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William Boggs Farm

The William Boggs Farm is located in the Back Creek Valley of Berkeley County, West Virginia ner Hedgesville. The property was settled before 1750 by William Boggs, who may have been the first settler in the valley. A 1750 survey indicates that Boggs had 275 acres (111 ha) of land with a cabin. By 1766 Boggs had accumulated 527 acres (213 ha). Boggs grew cash crops in the fertile bottomlands along Back Creek and raised clover for pasturage on the hilltops. After William Sr.'s death in 1791, his son, William Boggs, Jr. took over the land, working the farm until his death in 1836. The property was divided between Willam Jr.'s son John, with243 acres (98 ha) and daughter Jane with 307 acres (124 ha).In 1846 John sold his share for $2000 to Jane's husband, Thomas C. Harper. The farm was inherited in 1884 by John Boggs' daughter Theresa, who had lived at the firm with the Harpers. Encumbered by debts she inherited with the property, Theresa was forced to sell in 1887 to D.E. Stone.The 2+1⁄2-story log house features a center hall plan with a room on each side of the main stair hall and two rooms upstairs. The interior log surfaces were whitewashed. Interior walls are beaded board. Mantels and stairs feature decorative carving of good quality for such a remote location. The exterior is clad with wide planking.Nearby on the property a two-level root cellar is dug into a hillside, with entrances to the upper and lower levels on opposite sides. The farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.