Morgan-Gold House, also known as "Golden Meadows" or the Samuel Gold House, is a historic home located at
Bunker Hill,
Berkeley County, West Virginia
Berkeley County is located in the Shenandoah Valley in the Eastern Panhandle region of West Virginia in the United States. The county is part of the Hagerstown- Martinsburg, MD- WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the co ...
. It is an "L" shaped, three bay, two-story, log dwelling on a stone foundation. The front section was built about 1809, and is a 20 1/2-feet deep and 30 1/2-feet wide block, with a pedimented
portico in the
Greek Revival
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but a ...
style. The rear part of the ell was built about 1745 by
David Morgan, son of the
Morgan Morgan
Colonel Morgan Morgan (November 1, 1688 — November 17, 1766) was an American pioneer. He was thought to have founded the first permanent settlement in present-day West Virginia at Cool Spring Farm.
Biography
Early life
Little direct evidence ...
the first white settler of West Virginia. Also on the property are three log outbuildings and Victorian-era
granary
A granary is a storehouse or room in a barn for threshed grain or animal feed. Ancient or primitive granaries are most often made of pottery. Granaries are often built above the ground to keep the stored food away from mice and other animals ...
.
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 1985.
See also
*
William G. Morgan House
References
Greek Revival houses in West Virginia
Houses completed in 1745
Houses completed in 1809
Houses in Berkeley County, West Virginia
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
Morgan family of West Virginia
National Register of Historic Places in Berkeley County, West Virginia
Log buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
1745 establishments in Virginia
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