Washington Place, Romney

Name: Washington Place
Address: Romney, United States

#10 among attractions in Romney

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Washington Place is one of the first homes built by freed slaves after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. Washington Place was built by William and Annie Washington in north Romney between 1863 and 1874 on land given to Annie by her former owner, Susan Blue Parsons of Wappocomo plantation. William Washington later acquired other properties on the hills north of Romney along West Virginia Route 28 and became the first African-American land developer in the state of West Virginia. One of his subdivisions is the "Blacks Hill" neighborhood of Romney, adjacent to the Washington Place homestead. Washington Place was bought and restored by Ralph W. Haines, a local attorney and historic preservationist. ()

Completed: 1863 (162 years ago)Coordinates: 39°21'14"N, 78°45'9"W

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Romney United States

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Washington Place – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Literary Hall, Indian Mound Cemetery, Confederate Memorial, Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House.

0.8 miS
Museum, Greek Revival architecture
Literary Hall, Romney
22 min walk • Literary Hall is a mid-19th-century brick library, building and museum located in Romney, a city in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located at the intersection of North High Street and West Main Street. Literary Hall was constructed between 1869 and 1870 by the Romney Literary Society.
1 miSW
Native American architecture, Cemetery
Indian Mound Cemetery, Romney
27 min walk • Indian Mound Cemetery is a cemetery located along the Northwestern Turnpike on a promontory of the "Yellow Banks" overlooking the South Branch Potomac River and Mill Creek Mountain in Romney, West Virginia, United States.
1 miSW
Native American architecture, Monuments and statues
Confederate Memorial, Romney
27 min walk • The Confederate Memorial at Indian Mound Cemetery in Romney, West Virginia, commemorates residents of Hampshire County who died during the American Civil War while fighting for the Confederate States of America.
0.9 miS
Vernacular architecture, Georgian architecture
Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House, Romney
24 min walk • The Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House is a complex of three structures, built between the 1740s and 1780s, in Romney, West Virginia. The clerk's office, dating from the 1780s, is the oldest surviving public office building in West Virginia.
0.9 miS
Museum, History museum
Taggart Hall, Romney
24 min walk • Taggart Hall is a late 18th-century residence that currently houses the Fort Mill Ridge Foundation and its Fort Mill Ridge Civil War Trenches museum, the Hampshire County Visitors Bureau, and the Hampshire County Chamber of Commerce.
0.4 miN
Vernacular architecture, Georgian architecture
Wappocomo, Romney
12 min walk • Wappocomo is a late 18th-century Georgian mansion and farm overlooking the South Branch Potomac River north of Romney, Hampshire County, West Virginia, USA. It is located along Cumberland Road and the South Branch Valley Railroad.
0.4 miNW
Greek Revival architecture
Valley View, Romney
11 min walk • Valley View is a mid-19th-century Greek Revival residence and farm overlooking the South Branch Potomac River northwest of Romney, West Virginia. The house is atop a promontory where Depot Valley joins the South Branch Potomac River valley.
1.2 miSW
Cemetery
Mount Pisgah Benevolence Cemetery, Romney
31 min walk • Mount Pisgah Benevolence Cemetery is an African-American cemetery in Romney, West Virginia, United States. The cemetery is located along the Northwestern Turnpike below Indian Mound Cemetery overlooking Sulphur Spring Run.
0.6 miS
Neo-renaissance architecture
Old Methodist District Parsonage, Romney
16 min walk • The Old Methodist District Parsonage is a 19th-century Italianate residence in Romney, West Virginia, United States. It is a two-story brick dwelling constructed between 1868 and 1882 to serve as the district parsonage for the area's Methodist churches.
1.6 miSW
Greek Revival architecture
Sycamore Dale, Romney
41 min walk • Sycamore Dale is a 19th-century Greek Revival plantation house overlooking the South Branch Potomac River southwest of Romney, West Virginia. Sycamore Dale is one of several historic estates along South Branch River Road. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 2, 1980.

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Which popular attractions are close to Washington Place?

Nearby attractions include Valley View, Romney (11 min walk), Wappocomo, Romney (12 min walk), Old Methodist District Parsonage, Romney (16 min walk), Literary Hall, Romney (22 min walk).