Blue House
Blue House is a historic house in Hampshire, West Virginia which is located on East Main Street. Blue House is situated nearby to the historic house 229 East Main Street, as well as near Boxwood.- Type: Historic house
- Address: 261 East Main Street, Romney, WV 26757
- Inscription: “Blue House”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Romney Classical Institute and Romney Academy.
Romney Classical Institute
Historic building
Romney Classical Institute was a 19th-century coeducational collegiate preparatory school in Romney, Virginia, United States, between 1846 and shortly after 1866. Romney Classical Institute is situated 440 feet southeast of Blue House.
Romney Academy
Archaeological site
Romney Academy was an institution for higher education in Romney, Virginia, United States. Romney Academy was first incorporated by the Virginia General Assembly on January 11, 1814, and was active until 1846 when it was reorganized as the Romney Classical Institute. Romney Academy is situated 800 feet northwest of Blue House.
Wirgman Building
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Wirgman Building was an early 19th-century Federal-style commercial and residential building located on East Main Street in Romney, West Virginia. It was completed around 1825 to serve as the Romney branch office of the Bank of the Valley of Virginia, and served as a location for every subsequent bank established in Romney, including the Bank of Romney and the First National Bank of Romney. Wirgman Building is situated 680 feet west of Blue House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Romney and Valley.
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.
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.
Vanderlip
Hamlet
Vanderlip is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Vanderlip is located west of Romney along the Northwestern Turnpike and the South Branch Valley Railroad. Vanderlip is situated 1½ miles west of Blue House.
Blue House
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Hampshire, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.34126° or 39° 20′ 29″ northLongitude
-78.75347° or 78° 45′ 13″ westOpen location code
87F386RW+GJOpenStreetMap ID
node 5412095092OpenStreetMap feature
historic=house
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