"Annamede", also known as Davisson-Blair Farm, is a historic home located near Walkersville,

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. It was built in 1901, and is a -story, 17 room red brick mansion in the

Classical Revival Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing style ...

style. The front facade features a massive, two-story.

portico A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cult ...

supported by large fluted

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columns. It also has a one-story front porch that extends 3/4 of the way around each side. Also on the property are a contributing

carriage house A carriage house, also called a remise or coach house, is an outbuilding which was originally built to house horse-drawn carriages and the related tack. In Great Britain the farm building was called a cart shed. These typically were open f ...

smoke house A smokehouse (North American) or smokery (British) is a building where meat or fish is cured with smoke. The finished product might be stored in the building, sometimes for a year or more.

, caretaker's cottage, stone

grotto A grotto is a natural or artificial cave used by humans in both modern times and antiquity, and historically or prehistorically. Naturally occurring grottoes are often small caves near water that are usually flooded or often flooded at high ti ...

and goldfish pond, and three farm outbuildings. It was listed on the

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in 1987.

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Neoclassical architecture in West Virginia Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Houses completed in 1901 Houses in Lewis County, West Virginia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Lewis County, West Virginia {{LewisCountyWV-NRHP-stub