Built1793 Opened1793 Added to NRHP2 September 1982
NRHP Reference #82004323 Area6,100 m² Nearest cityShepherdstown
SimilarMorgan‑Bedinger‑Dandridge House, Duffields Depot, Allstadt House and Ordinary, Rion Hall, Prato Rio
The Captain William Lucas and Robert Lucas House, also known as Linden Spring, is a large stone house near Shepherdstown in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States. It was built circa 1783 for Captain William Lucas, a Revolutionary War soldier. Lucas' son, Robert Lucas was born here and became a Governor of Ohio and the first Territorial governor of Iowa.
William Lucas was the son of Edward Lucas II, who arrived in Jefferson County in 1732 and received lands from Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron. William's wife was Susannah Barnes, sister-in-law to James Rumsey, whose steamship experiments took place on the nearby Potomac River.