Maidstone Manor Farm
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| Location | County Route 1/4, near Hedgesville, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 39°35′14″N 77°54′32″W / 39.58722°N 77.90889°WCoordinates: 39°35′14″N 77°54′32″W / 39.58722°N 77.90889°W |
| Area | 267 acres (108 ha) |
| Built | 1848 |
| Architect | Leigh, William |
| MPS | Berkeley County MRA |
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| Added to NRHP | December 10, 1980 |
Maidstone Manor Farm, also known as William R. Leigh House, is a national historic district located near Hedgesville, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It encompasses a historic farm with three contributing buildings and one contributing site, the site of a slave cabin. The plantation house is a two story, square brick dwelling with a slate covered pyramidal roof. It is three bays wide and two bays deep and features a one bay entrance portico supported by paired Doric order columns. Also on the property are a barn and brick smokehouse. It was the birthplace of noted artist William Robinson Leigh (1866-1955), father of William Colston Leigh, Sr. (1901-1992).
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
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