Washington Place
Washington Place is a historic house in Hampshire, West Virginia which is located on Cumberland Road. Washington Place is situated nearby to Romney Assembly of God Church, as well as near Maranatha Baptist Church.- Type: Historic house
- Address: Cumberland Road, Romney, WV 26757
- Inscription: “Washington Place”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Washington Place and Valley View.
Washington Place
House
Photo: Justin.A.Wilcox, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Washington Place is one of the first homes built by freed slaves after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States.
Valley View
Historic house
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Valley View is a mid-19th-century Greek Revival residence and farm overlooking the South Branch Potomac River northwest of Romney, West Virginia, United States. Valley View is situated 2,200 feet west of Washington Place.
Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad
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The Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad is a heritage railroad based in Romney, West Virginia. The railroad operates excursion trains over a former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line that runs between Green Spring and Petersburg. Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad is situated 2,700 feet north of Washington Place.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Valley and Romney.
Valley
Hamlet
Valley was a populated place and post office on the South Branch line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It was centered near the intersection of West Sioux Lane and Depot Valley Road, now located within the present-day corporate boundaries of Romney.
Romney
Photo: Justin A. Wilcox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Romney is a town in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States, and its county seat. The population was 1,722 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Winchester, Virginia metropolitan area.
Vance
Hamlet
Vance is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Vance lies on the South Branch Potomac River. Most of its residents reside along West Virginia Route 28. Buffalo Creek empties into the South Branch at Vance. Vance is situated 2 miles northeast of Washington Place.
Washington Place
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Hampshire, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.354° or 39° 21′ 14″ northLongitude
-78.75249° or 78° 45′ 9″ westOpen location code
87F3963X+H2OpenStreetMap ID
node 5411520382OpenStreetMap feature
historic=house
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