County Landmarks
These historic sites and structures have been designated Jefferson County Historic Landmarks. The year of their designation is listed, and those properties which are also listed on the National Register of Historic Places are marked with an asterisk.
Criteria for a County Landmark
The Commission may designate an individual building, structure or historic site as an historic landmark if it is:
- A property, structure or site that has significant value as part of the heritage of the nation, state or community;
- A property, structure or site associated with an important person or event in national, state or local history;
- A property, structure or site representative of an architectural and/or landscape type which exemplifies a period, style, craftsmanship, method of construction or use of local materials and retains a high degree of integrity;
- A notable work of a master builder, designer, architect or artist;
- A property, structure or site identifiable as a familiar visual feature in the community, owing to its unique location or physical characteristics;
- A property, structure or site the character of which is a particularly fine or unique example of a utilitarian structure, such as a barn or commercial structure, with a high level of architectural significance;
- An area that has yielded or is likely to yield information important in history or prehistory.
County Landmark Properties
Click through the drop down menus to the right to see the county landmark properties. Nominations, reports, and photos are linked where available.
- Altona* (1977) | WVHPIF
- Aspen Hill* (1979) | WVHPIF | Timeline
- Aspen Pool (1976) | WVHPIF | Timeline
- Barleywood* (2007) | WVHPIF
- Battle of Shepherdstown at the Cement Mill (2012) | Nomination
- Beall-Air* (1983) | WVHPIF
- Beeler’s Mill Water Wheel (2015) | WVHPIF | Nomination
- Bethesda AME Church (2016) | Nomination
- Bellevue* (1975) | Timeline
- Bel-Mar (2007) | WVHPIF | Nomination
- Belvedere* (1976) | WVHPIF
- Beverley* (1975) | WVHPIF | Timeline
- Blakeley* (1977) | WVHPIF
- The Bower* (1977) | Timeline
- Bretsch House (Walnut Grove) (1981)
- Caledonia (1982) | WVHPIF | Timeline
- Calico Cottage (James House) (1984) | WVHPIF | Timeline
- Cedar Lawn* (1976) | WVHPIF | Timeline
- Claremont (1978) | Timeline
- Claymont Court* (1976) | WVHPIF
- Cold Spring* (1976) | WVHPIF
- Duffields Depot* (2007) | WVHPIF
- Eastwood (2008) | WVHPIF | Timeline
- Elk Branch Church & Academy (2014) | WVHPIF | Nomination
- Elmwood* (1976) | WVHPIF
- Fairfax Grant Stock Farm (1976) | WVHPIF
- Falling Spring* (1978) | WVHPIF
- Feagans’ Mill (2015) | WVHPIF & Timeline | Nomination
- Federal Hill (1978) | WVHPIF | Timeline
- Fertile Plain (2007) | WVHPIF | Timeline | Nomination
- Fruit Hill and Fruit Hill Stone House* (1978) | Timeline
- Gap View* (1978) | WVHPIF | Timeline
- General Darke Farm (1975)
- Glenburnie* (1977) | WVHPIF
- Glenwood (1977) | WVHPIF
- Grubb-Conway House* (1988) | WVHPIF
- Harewood* (1975) | WVHPIF
- Hawthorne (1977) | WVHPIF | Timeline
- Hazelfield* (1977) | WVHPIF | Timeline
- Hendricks Farm (2007) | WVHPIF | Nomination
- Homestead Farm (1977) | WVHPIF | Timeline
- Hopewell (William Little, Jr. House)* (2009) | WVHPIF | Timeline
- Hopewell Mill (2009)
- Hunter’s Hill (1982) | WVHPIF
- Jacob Folk House (2008) | Nomination
- Jacob Homar Barn (2014) | Nomination
- Lansdale (1978) | WVHPIF | Timeline
- Leeland (1977) *Within the Shepherdstown Historic District | WVHPIF
- Linden Spring* (1980) | WVHPIF
- Little Elmington* (1976) | WVHPIF | Timeline
- Little’s Falls Lock (2009)
- Locust Grove Farm (1977) | WVHPIF
- Locust Grove- Shirley Farm (2007) | WVHPIF | Timeline
- Locust Ridge (1975) | WVHPIF | Timeline
- Lost Drake (1986)
- Maple Tree Farm (1986) | Timeline
- McMurran Farm (2007) | WVHPIF | Nomination
- Meadow Spring (1980) | WVHPIF
- Media* (1976) | WVHPIF | Timeline
- Millbrook (1978) | Timeline
- Morgan’s Spring* (1975) | Timeline
- Mountain View (1977) | WVHPIF | Timeline
- Mount Ellen (1979) | Timeline
- Mount Zion Freewill Baptist Church (2018) | WVHPIF | Nomination
- New Hopewell (2007) | WVHPIF | Nomination
- Oak Tree Farm (2013) | WVHPIF | Nomination
- Pack Horse Ford* (2012) | Nomination
- Peter Burr House* (1975) | WVHPIF
- Piedmont* (1976) | WVHPIF
- Pleasance (1977)
- Potomac Mills/Boteler’s Cement Mill* (2012) | Nomination
- Prato Rio* (1975) | WVHPIF
- Prospect Hall (2007) | WVHPIF | Nomination
- Rees-Daniels Farm (Fairview) (2007) | Nomination
- Richwood Hall* (1976) | WVHPIF | Timeline
- Riggs-Stiles (2008) | WVHPIF | Nomination
- Rion Hall* (1979) | WVHPIF | Timeline
- Ripon Lodge* (1977) | WVHPIF
- Rock Spring* (1978) | WVHPIF | Timeline
- Rockland* (1979)
- Rose Brake* (1976) | WVHPIF
- Rose Lawn (2020)
- St. Bartholomew Church (1977) | WVHPIF
- St. George’s Chapel* (1976) | WVHPIF
- Scolly Hall (1977) *Within the Middleway Historic District
- Shannon Hill (1977) | WVHPIF | Timeline
- Shenstone (1979) | Timeline
- Southwood Springs (1978) | Timeline
- Springdale (1975) | WVHPIF | Timeline
- Springland (1979) | WVHPIF | Timeline
- Springwood (1982)
- Stone Fels (1979) | Timeline
- Traveller’s Rest (1975)
- Van Deever-Orndorff House (Spring Run) (2008) | Nomination
- Vinton (1976) *Within the Charles Town boundary | WVHPIF
- Wayside (2008) | WVHPIF
- Westwood (2008) | WVHPIF
- White House Farm* (1975) | WVHPIF | Timeline
- Wild Goose (1981) | WVHPIF
- Wildwood (1981) | WVHPIF | Timeline
- William S. Kerney House (2008) | Nomination
- Willis House (1986) | WVHPIF
- Windward* (1977) | Timeline
- Woodbury* (1976) | WVHPIF | Timeline
- York Hill Bank Barn (2013) | WVHPIF | Nomination
- Zoar (1977) | WVHPIF