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Jackson's Mill State 4 H Camp Historic District

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Built
  
1921

Opened
  
1921

Phone
  
+1 304-269-5100

NRHP Reference #
  
04001598

Area
  
30 ha

Added to NRHP
  
4 February 2005

Jackson's Mill State 4-H Camp Historic District

Location
  
160 Jackson Mill Rd., near Weston, West Virginia

Architectural style
  
Colonial Revival, Bungalow/craftsman

Address
  
160 WVU Jackson Mill, Weston, WV 26452, USA

Similar
  
Jackson's Mill, THE MOUNTAINEER MILITAR, The Museum Of American, Trans‑Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, Stonewall Jackson Lake Stat

Jackson's Mill State 4-H Camp Historic District, also known as West Virginia University Jackson's Mill, is a historic 4-H camp and national historic district near Weston, Lewis County, West Virginia. The district includes 23 contributing buildings, 4 contributing sites, 4 contributing structures, and 2 contributing objects. The camp was established in 1921 as the first statewide 4-H camp in the United States. The district includes buildings related to the site’s inception as a homestead and agricultural area as well as its current manifestation as a youth camp facility and conference center.

Notable contributing resources include the Mount Vernon Dining Hall (1926), Assembly Hall (1923), West Virginia Building (1934), Council Circle (1922), Amphitheatre (1940), Vesper Rock (1925), Teepi Shrine (1949), Dominion Trail (1942), 15 residential cottages, the Southeastern Learning Center (c. 1940), Electric Energy Center (1940), Dorsey Resource Center (1978), Registration Office/Old Health Center (1950), Old Administration Building (1952), McWhorter Cabin (1793, 1927), Informal Garden (c. 1934), Jackson Homestead Marker (1915), Jackson Spring (1922), Camp Gates (1942), Camp Green (1922), and Maintenance Garage (1935). It is co-located with the separately listed Jackson's Mill. The property was the boyhood home of Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson from 1831 to 1842.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

References

Jackson's Mill State 4-H Camp Historic District Wikipedia