Faraway Farm, also known as the Daniel Ropp House, is a historic home located near Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It was built about 1865 and is a two-story, L-shaped brick dwelling. It is five bays wide and the ell is four bays long with a two-story recessed porch. The entrance features a one-bay, one-story pedimented portico with plain balusters and column shafts with chamfered edges, known as a "West Virginia Porch."[2]
Faraway Farm | |
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| Location | WV 8, near Martinsburg, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 39°32′55″N 77°56′23″W / 39.54861°N 77.93972°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | c. 1865 |
| Architectural style | West Virginia Porch |
| MPS | Berkeley County MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 80004432 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 10, 1980 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Don C. Wood (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Faraway Farm" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-02.