Cedar Lawn, also known as Berry Hill and Poplar Hill, is one of several houses built near
Charles Town, West Virginia
Charles Town is a city in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States, and is also the county seat. The population was 5,259 at the 2010 census. It is named for its founder Charles Washington, youngest brother of President George Washington. ...
for members of the
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family. Cedar Lawn was built in 1825 for
John Thornton Augustine Washington,
George Washington
George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of ...
's grand-nephew. The property was originally part of the
Harewood estate belonging to
Samuel Washington. The property that eventually became Cedar Lawn was left to Samuel's son, Thornton Washington, who built "Berry Hill", named for his wife's family. Berry Hill was destroyed by fire, and John Thornton Augustine built Cedar Lawn when he inherited.
In the 1940s, the house was bought by
R.J. Funkhouser, an industrialist who had a taste for Washington family estates, who also owned
Blakeley and
Claymont Court. The property remains in the Funkhouser family and is known as O'Sullivan Farms, after Funkhouser's principal venture, the
O'Sullivan Corporation.
Description
Cedar Lawn was built shortly after
Claymont Court, using a plan and elevations similar to
Hazelfield, adapted with a hipped roof. The two story three bay brick house is set on a raised basement. A Greek Revival front porch was added later in the nineteenth century.
See also
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Happy Retreat
Happy Retreat (also known as Charles Washington House and Mordington) is a historic property in Charles Town, West Virginia, which was originally owned and developed by Charles Washington, the youngest brother of George Washington and the founde ...
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
Houses in Jefferson County, West Virginia
Washington family residences
Federal architecture in West Virginia
National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, West Virginia
Houses completed in 1825
Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
Historic American Buildings Survey in West Virginia
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