High Banks | |
Location | 423 High Banks Rd., near Stephenson, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 39°12′22″N 78°04′12″W / 39.20611°N 78.07000°W |
Area | 70 acres (28 ha) |
Built | c. 1753 | c. 1858; 1920; 1944
Built by | Thomas Helm; James D. Stillwell |
Architectural style | late Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 11000066 [1] |
VLR No. | 034-0109 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | March 1, 2011 |
Designated VLR | December 16, 2010 [2] |
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 were 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 made of stone. [3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. [1]
High Banks | |
Location | 423 High Banks Rd., near Stephenson, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 39°12′22″N 78°04′12″W / 39.20611°N 78.07000°W |
Area | 70 acres (28 ha) |
Built | c. 1753 | c. 1858; 1920; 1944
Built by | Thomas Helm; James D. Stillwell |
Architectural style | late Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 11000066 [1] |
VLR No. | 034-0109 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | March 1, 2011 |
Designated VLR | December 16, 2010 [2] |
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 were 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 made of stone. [3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. [1]