25. Michael Rickard House
211/213 W German St. Rickard was among the German artisans who settled here in the l8th century. The west side of this two-story brick house provided residential quarters for the […]
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211/213 W German St. Rickard was among the German artisans who settled here in the l8th century. The west side of this two-story brick house provided residential quarters for the […]
215 W German St. In 1800 John Baker, a local attorney, purchased this house, adjacent to the Rickard House. He served in Congress and the Virginia legislature as a Federalist. […]
September 2, 2015 Matthew Webster, who grew up in Shepherdstown and is now Director of Colonial Williamsburg’s Grainger Department of Architectural Preservation, will speak on September 2 at the Byrd […]
Boteler’s Cement Mill Dr. Karen Gray, who has been studying the C&O Canal and nearby areas for 40 years, will give an illustrated talk on the historic Boteler Cement Mill […]
The Tumultuous History of the McMurran Hall Clock Tower Saturday, November 7, 2015, 11 a.m. Reynolds Hall The Origins of McMurran Hall: Rezin D. Shepherd, the Clock Tower, and the […]
214 W German. This rambling two-story stucco house has a colorful history. During the Revolutionary War a log tavern on the site became a rendezvous for American forces. A large […]
at the intersection of Duke and W German Sts. Has been called through the years somebody’s corner: Byers’, Beltzhoover’s and Weis’s, depending on who lived on the corner at the […]
NW corner of German and Duke Sts. In the early 1800s the Weis family began turning out a reddish brown pottery in a wooden house on this site. In 1815 […]
SW corner of where Duke (Route 480) and New Sts once intersected. The log cabin in which James Rumsey lived (1785-1788) stood on this spot where now stands a brick […]
SW corner of New and Church Sts. The original building, constructed of wood, also stood here, but burned in 1854, leading to its replacement by the current brick structure. Differences […]
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129 E. German St.
Shepherdstown, WV 25443
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