Hillside, also known as Little Elmington, is a 1½ story brick house near

Charles Town, West Virginia Charles Town is a city in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States, and its county seat. The population was 6,534 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. The city is named for its founder Charles Washington, youngest brother of Pres ...

dating to ''circa'' 1798–1800. The house possesses a striking two-story gallery supported by five large round columns. The property includes a

rubble Rubble is broken stone, of irregular size, shape and texture; undressed especially as a filling-in. Rubble naturally found in the soil is known also as 'brash' (compare cornbrash)."Rubble" def. 2., "Brash n. 2. def. 1. ''Oxford English Dictionar ...

stone barn and spring house. The house's name refers to its construction into the natural hillside in a manner similar to that of a

bank barn A bank barn or banked barn is a style of barn which is accessible from the ground, on two separate levels. Often built into the side of a hill or bank, the upper and the lower floors could both be accessed from the ground, one area at the top of ...

, with the principal entry on the upper, uphill level.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Houses in Charles Town, West Virginia Federal architecture in West Virginia Georgian architecture in West Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, West Virginia Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Houses completed in 1800 1800 establishments in Virginia {{JeffersonCountyWV-NRHP-stub