Washington Place (West Virginia)

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Washington Place (William Washington House) is one of the first homes built by freed slaves after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 in Hampshire County, West Virginia. 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 Parsons of Wappacoma 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 the late Ralph Haines, a local attorney and historic preservationist.

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List of historic sites in Hampshire County, West Virginia

	Hampshire County, West Virginia
Municipalities	Capon Bridge \| Romney
Unincorporated communities	Augusta \| Barnes Mill \| Bloomery \| Blues Beach \| Bubbling Spring \| Capon Lake \| Capon Springs \| Capon Springs Station \| Cold Stream \| Creekvale \| Davis Ford \| Delray \| Dillons Run \| Donaldson \| Forks of Cacapon \| Frenchburg \| Glebe \| Good \| Grace \| Green Spring \| Hainesville \| Hanging Rock \| Hanging Rocks \| Higginsville \| High View \| Hooks Mills \| Hoy \| Intermont \| Jericho \| Junction \| Kirby \| Largent \| Lehew \| Levels \| Little Cacapon \| Loom \| Mechanicsburg \| Millbrook \| Millen \| Millesons Mill \| Neals Run \| Nero \| North River Mills \| Okonoko \| Pancake \| Pin Oak \| Pleasant Dale \| Points \| Purgitsville \| Rada \| Raven Rocks \| Ridgedale \| Ruckman \| Sector \| Sedan \| Shanks \| Shiloh \| Slanesville \| South Branch Depot \| Springfield \| Three Churches \| Vance \| Vanderlip \| Wappocomo \| Yellow Spring
Natural features and areas	Baker Mountain \| Bear Garden Mountain \| Bearwallow Creek \| Big Run \| Cacapon Mountain \| Cacapon River \| Capon Springs Run \| Castle Mountain \| Caudy's Castle \| Cooper Mountain \| The Devil's Nose \| Dillons Run \| Edwards Run \| Edwards Run Wildlife Management Area \| Fort Mill Ridge Wildlife Management Area \| George Washington National Forest \| Grassy Lick Run \| Great North Mountain \| Green Spring Run \| High Knob \| Ice Mountain \| Little Cacapon Mountain \| Little Cacapon River \| Mechanicsburg Gap \| Mill Branch \| Mill Creek \| Mill Creek Mountain \| Mill Run \| Nathaniel Mountain \| Nathaniel Mountain Wildlife Management Area \| Patterson Creek Mountain \| North Branch Potomac River \| North River \| North River Mountain \| Potomac River \| Short Mountain \| Short Mountain Wildlife Management Area \| Sideling Hill \| South Branch Mountain \| South Branch Potomac River \| South Branch Wildlife Management Area \| Spring Gap Mountain \| Tearcoat Creek \| The Trough \| Timber Ridge \| Wacousta Hill

	The Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
Counties	Berkeley \| Grant \| Hampshire \| Hardy \| Jefferson \| Mineral \| Morgan \| Pendleton
Communities	Bayard \| Berkeley Springs \| Bolivar \| Capon Bridge \| Carpendale \| Charles Town \| Elk Garden \| Franklin \| Harpers Ferry \| Hedgesville \| Keyser \| Martinsburg \| Moorefield \| Paw Paw \| Petersburg \| Piedmont \| Ridgeley \| Romney \| Shepherdstown \| Wardensville
Attractions	Appalachian National Scenic Trail \| Berkeley Springs State Park \| Cacapon Resort State Park \| Cacapon River \| Capon Springs \| Charles Town Races & Slots \| Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park \| Fort Ashby \| Fort Mill Ridge Civil War Trenches \| George Washington National Forest \| Harpers Ferry National Historical Park \| Indian Mound Cemetery \| Jennings Randolph Lake \| Lost River \| Lost River State Park \| Monongahela National Forest \| Mount Storm Lake \| Northwestern Turnpike \| Potomac River \| Potomac State College \| Seneca Rocks \| Shenandoah River \| Shepherdstown National Historic District \| Shepherd University \| Sleepy Creek Lake \| Smoke Hole Caverns \| South Branch Potomac River \| Spruce Knob \| Summit Point Motorsports Park \| The Trough \| Trout Pond \| Tuscarora Trail \| Washington Heritage Trail