David Stewart Farm, also known as Rock Valley Farm, is a historic house and farm located near Triadelphia,

Ohio County, West Virginia Ohio County is a county located in the Northern Panhandle of the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 42,425. Its county seat is Wheeling. The county was formed in 1776 from the District of West Augusta, Vi ...

. The main house was built about 1812, and is a two-story

sandstone Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks. Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates ...

dwelling. It is a rectangular, single pile, center-hall structure. Also on the property are a sandstone

spring house A spring house, or springhouse, is a small building, usually of a single room, constructed over a spring. While the original purpose of a springhouse was to keep the spring water clean by excluding fallen leaves, animals, etc., the enclosing stru ...

with workshop above,

corncrib A corn crib or corncrib is a type of granary used to dry and store corn. It may also be known as a cornhouse or corn house. Overview After the harvest and while still on the cob, corn is placed in the crib either with or without the husk. The ...

, washhouse, and old barn. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1979.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Houses completed in 1812 Houses in Ohio County, West Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Ohio County, West Virginia Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia {{OhioCountyWV-NRHP-stub