Meadea

  • Also Known As: VDHR No 21-18

  • Address: 600 ft. E of jct VA 658 and VA 628, S side
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

Meadea is important as the only remaining eighteenth-century log building in the village of White Post, Clarke County, Virginia. One of the original log pens and its attached stone chimney still survives. Although Meadea has sustained several periods of construction, most notably the addition of the central passage and the half-story in the first half of the nineteenth century, these additions have not adversely affected the architectural integrity of the original section of the structure. Meadea was included in the designation of the village of White Post as a National Historic District in 1983. The vernacular architecture of the district dates from the late eighteenth century through the first quarter of the twentieth century. - NRHP, 30 December 1994


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1776/11/30 Robert Burwell Seller Robert Burwell, George Washington and Fielding Lewis sell 800 acres of the Meadea tract in what was then Frederick County to Ignatius Peny. There were houses, buildings, orchards and other improvements on the land.
1776/11/30 Fielding Lewis Seller Robert Burwell, George Washington and Fielding Lewis sell 800 acres of the Meadea tract in what was then Frederick County to Ignatius Peny. There were houses, buildings, orchards and other improvements on the land.
1776/11/30 George Washington Seller Robert Burwell, George Washington and Fielding Lewis sell 800 acres of the Meadea tract in what was then Frederick County to Ignatius Peny. There were houses, buildings, orchards and other improvements on the land.
1777/01/03 On January 3 and 4 of 1777, Ignatius Peny leases and then releases Meadea to Edward Snickers.
1783/03/04 Col Richard Kidder Meade Home Richard Meade leases land in the 'rich and beautiful Valley of Frederick', includes an unfinished log cabin
1789/11/11 Bishop William Meade Born William Meade is born in White Post to Colonel Richard Kidder Meade.
1790/00/00 Bishop William Meade Home Built for Colonel Richard Kidder Meade. The Meade family live in the log house at Meadea while their larger home, Lucky Hit, is being built, circa 1790.
1790/00/00 Col Richard Kidder Meade Home Built for Colonel Richard Kidder Meade. The Meade family live in the log house at Meadea while their larger home, Lucky Hit, is being built, circa 1790.
1805/02/09 Col Richard Kidder Meade Died Colonel Richard Kidder Meade dies in 1805, leaving his entire property of 979 acres to his wife, Mary.
1813/00/00 Mary Meade's sons: Richard Kidder Jr inherits 508 acres, William 242 and David 265 acres. William Meade built Mountain View and David built Ben Venue in Clarke County. Richard Kidder remained at Lucky Hit which had the two-room log house.
1813/00/00 Mary Meade's sons: Richard Kidder Jr inherits 508 acres, William 242 and David 265 acres. William Meade built Mountain View and David built Ben Venue in Clarke County. Richard Kidder remained at Lucky Hit which had the two-room log house.

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Particulars for Meadea:
Architectural Style American Colonial
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Building Material Log Architecture
Other Description pen
Owner Private
Historic Use Single dwelling



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 8th February 1995

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Meadea
Registry Address: 600 ft. E of jct. VA 658 and VA 628, S side
Registry Number: 95000022
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: Colonial
Area in Acres: 1
Non-Contributing Buildings: 2
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Significant Year: c 1784
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling Secondary structure

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