Renick Farm
- Also Known As: Renick, William, Farm
- Address: US 219
- Vicinity: Near jct of WV 9 and US 219
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1787/00/00 | Christopher Foglesong | Architect, Stonemason | Local stonemason, Christopher Foglesong, begins building a fine house of native limestone taken from the land for William Renick. | |||
1791/00/00 | William Renick | Designer | As William Renick's house nears eave height. Renick has his stonemason install wooden blocks with holes drilled in them, set flush with the stone walls as nesting places for Purple Martins, a bird species which feeds on flys and mosquitoes, and returns to | |||
1792/00/00 | William Renick | Home | William Renick's limestone farm house is completed. | |||
1825/00/00 | Conrad Burgess | Carpenter | Designed in the Federal style, Rebecca and William Hamilton start a brick addition dominated by a temple entrance portico with plaster-covered brick Doric columns and Chinese Chippendale decorative railings. Conrad Burgess fits the woodwork. |
Particulars for Renick Farm: | |
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Historic Use | Agricultural outbuildings |
Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Area of Significance | Exploration-settlement |
Architectural Style | Federal Style |
Architectural Style | Georgian Architecture |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Criteria | Person |
Owner | Private |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
Area of Significance | Social History |
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