Adaland

Adaland
Location: County Route 77/5 off WV 76 at Fox Grape Run, Berryburg, West Virginia
Area: 17 acres (6.9 ha)
Built: 1870
Architect: Corder, James David
Architectural style: Greek Revival
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#:

95000419

[1]
Added to NRHP: April 14, 1995

Adaland, also known as Modisett Mansion, is a historic home located at Berryburg, Barbour County, West Virginia. It was built in 1868 and is a two story, "L"-shaped, Greek Revival style brick house. It sits on a cut fieldstone foundation. Also on the property are a contributing carriage house (1872) and 19th century barn. The property was purchased by Ira E. Robinson in 1920.[2] It is open as a historic house museum.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ Rosemary C. Withers and Darlene Ford (December 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Adaland". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/barbour/95000419.pdf. Retrieved 2011-06-02. 
  3. ^ Adaland Mansion website

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