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Hedges Lemen House

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Built
  
1748

Opened
  
1748

Added to NRHP
  
2 May 1991

NRHP Reference #
  
91000556

Area
  
2 ha

Hedges-Lemen House

Location
  
County Route 4, 0.7 miles north of its junction with WV 9, near Hedgesville, West Virginia

Architectural styles
  
Greek Revival architecture, Federal architecture

Similar
  
Morgan‑Gold House, Continental Clay Brick Plant, Lick Run Plantation

Hedges-Lemen House, also known as "Fort Hill," is a historic home located near Hedgesville in Berkeley County, West Virginia, United States. It is a two story, gable roof, limestone dwelling with a central block and wing. The central block was built in 1748 by Joshua Hedges as an Indian fort named "Fort Hill;" the wing was added in 1792. It measures 36 feet wide by 30 feet deep and the wing measures 30 feet wide by 28 feet deep. Also on the property is a stone barn (c. 1840) and Lemen family cemetery.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

References

Hedges-Lemen House Wikipedia