Smithland Farm, also known as the General John McCausland Memorial Farm, is a historic home and farm located near

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Mason County, West Virginia Mason County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,453. Its county seat and largest city is Point Pleasant. The county was founded in 1804 and named for George Mason, delegate to the U.S. ...

. The main house is a two-story frame structure constructed in 1869. The house is a side-gabled, two-story, weatherboarded frame structure with a two-story frame wing. The property includes a contributing

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(c. 1950), silo (c. 1930), pole barn (c. 1930s), barn (early 1900s), main barn (early 1900s), block school (c. 1915–1920), and Poffenbarger Cemetery (late 1900s). It was for many years part of a larger farm owned by Confederate General

John McCausland John McCausland, Jr. (September 13, 1836 – January 22, 1927) was a brigadier general in the Confederate army, famous for the ransom of Hagerstown, Maryland, and the razing of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War. Early ...

. The West Virginia Department of Agriculture acquired the farm in 1981. It was listed on the

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in 2003.

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West Virginia Code: CHAPTER 19. AGRICULTURE. ARTICLE 26. GENERAL JOHN MCCAUSLAND MEMORIAL FARM.
Colonial Revival architecture in West Virginia Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Greek Revival houses in West Virginia Houses completed in 1869 Houses in Mason County, West Virginia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Mason County, West Virginia 1869 establishments in West Virginia {{MasonCountyWV-NRHP-stub

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