NRHP Reference # 11000066 Designated VLR December 16, 2010 Floors 2 Function House | VLR # 034-0109 Opened 1753 Area 28 ha Added to NRHP 1 March 2011 | |
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Built c. 1753 (1753) c. 1858; 1920; 1944 Built by Thomas Helm; James D. Stillwell Architectural style Greek Revival architecture |
High Banks, also known as the Helm-Clevenger House, is a historic home and farm located near Stephenson, Frederick County, Virginia. The house was built about 1753, and is a two-story, three bay by two bay, center-hall, double-pile, limestone dwelling. It has a one-story, two-bay by three-bay frame addition and a frame rear wing. The front porch and interior features detailing in the late Greek Revival added about 1858. Also on the property are a contributing foundation and partial wall of a post-Civil War bank barn and an 18th-century icehouse pit, both of stone.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
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