Cedar Lawn

Cedar Lawn
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


Location	Charles Town, West Virginia
Coordinates	39°17′6″N 77°55′22″W / 39.28500°N 77.92278°W / 39.28500; -77.92278Coordinates: 39°17′6″N 77°55′22″W / 39.28500°N 77.92278°W / 39.28500; -77.92278
Built	1825
Architect	Unknown
Architectural style	Federal
Governing body	Private
NRHP Reference #	74002004 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 4, 1974

Cedar Lawn, also known as Berry Hill and Poplar Hill, is one of several houses built near Charles Town, West Virginia for members of the Washington family. Cedar Lawn was built in 1825 for John Thornton Augustine Washington, George Washington's grand-nephew. The property was originally part of the Harewood estate belonging to Samuel Washington. The property that eventually became Cedar Lawn was left to Samuel's son, Thornton Washington, who built "Berry Hill", named for his wife's family. Berry Hill was destroyed by fire, and John Thornton Augustine built Cedar Lawn when he inherited.^[2]

In the 1940s, the house was bought by R.J. Funkhouser, an industrialist who had a taste for Washington family estates, who also owned Blakeley and Claymont Court. The property remains in the Funkhouser family and is known as O'Sullivan Farms, after Funkhouser's principal venture, the O'Sullivan Corporation.

References

↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
↑ Ted McGee (April 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Cedar Lawn" (pdf). National Park Service.

External links

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. WV-15, "Cedar Lawn, Summit Point Road, Charles Town vicinity, Jefferson County, WV", 2 photos

The Washington family

First generation	Lawrence Washington (1602–1653)

Second generation	John Washington

Third generation	Lawrence Washington (1659–1698)

Fourth generation	Augustine Washington

Fifth generation	Lawrence Washington (1718–1752) Augustine Washington, Jr. George Washington Betty Washington Lewis Samuel Washington John Augustine Washington Charles Washington

Sixth generation	William Washington Bushrod Washington George Steptoe Washington Lawrence Augustine Washington George William Washington

Seventh generation	John Thornton Augustine Washington George Corbin Washington

Eighth generation	Lawrence Berry Washington Lewis Washington Benjamin Franklin Washington William D. Washington Eugenia Washington

Washington family residences Abingdon Arlington House Beall-Air Blakeley Cedar Lawn Claymont Court Fairfield Ferry Farm George Washington Birthplace National Monument Happy Retreat Harewood Kenmore Mary Washington House Mount Vernon Richwood Hall Ridgedale Rising Sun Tavern River Farm Sulgrave Washington Old Hall

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Cedar Lawn

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