Woodbury or Woodberry, is a historic mansion located near Leetown,

Jefferson County, West Virginia Jefferson County is located in the Shenandoah Valley in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. It is the easternmost county of the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 57,701. Its county seat is Charles Town ...

. It was built in 1834-1835 for the jurist and Congressman

Henry St. George Tucker, Sr. Henry St. George Tucker Sr. (December 29, 1780 – August 28, 1848) was a Virginia jurist, law professor, and U.S. Congressman (1815–1819). Biography Tucker was born on Mattoax Plantation in Chesterfield County, Virginia on December 29, 1780, ...

(1780–1848). Tucker lived at Woodbury from its construction until 1844.

Description

Woodbury is stories tall and is built of stone, faced with white plaster in a

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period style. At and 22 rooms, it is an unusually large house. The front facade features a flat-roofed center

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 four plain columns in front and two engaged columns in the rear. The five-bay elevation is raised above a particularly high raised basement. The end elevations have prominent stepped parapets incorporating the chimneys. The interior plan features a long transverse hall with a curved stairway at one end. A false window was provided at the right side of the first floor to deal with the stair crossing the window. The basement has a dining room, an unusual feature, and the attic was finished when built. A formal porch with paired columns is located on the entrance side, approached by a broad stairway. On the rear a porch extends across most of the width of the house, with stairs at each end. It was listed on the

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in 1974.

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* {{National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Historic American Buildings Survey in West Virginia Houses in Jefferson County, West Virginia Houses completed in 1834 Federal architecture in West Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, West Virginia Tucker family residences