Skinners Gap (elevation: 650 feet [198 m]) is a mountain pass in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Skinners Gap most likely was named after a local pioneer settler.
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Hedgesville Historic District is a national historic district located at Hedgesville, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It encompasses 55 contributing buildings and one contributing site, the Town Spring. Notable buildings include the Presbyterian Church and Manse, Ashton House, Robinson Log House, Hat Shop, Stuckey House, Westenhaver-McKee House, Mt. Zion Episcopal Church and Hedgesville Cemetery, Jacob Hull Mansion, and Bodine's Tavern. Included are notable examples of Queen Anne and Greek Revival-style architecture.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
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Hedgesville is a town in Berkeley County, West Virginia, United States, in the state's Eastern Panhandle region. The population was 300 at the 2020 census. The town sits on WV 9, roughly 13 miles east of Berkeley Springs. In addition to its legal definition, Hedgesville has come to be the common name for the large and sparsely inhabited area of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle bordered by the Potomac River to the North and East, a southern border defined roughly by an imaginary line from the city of Martinsburg to the tip of Virginia, and Berkeley Springs to the West.
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The Clary's Mountain Historic District comprises 8 acres on either side of Hammond's Mill Road east of Hedgesville, West Virginia. The district contains six mostly wood-framed houses from the late 19th and early 20th century, with a total of twelve structures, including outbuildings. The oldest house, the Thomas Payne House at Hammond's Mill Road, was built in 1879. The Ward-Lemaster House) was built in 1905 with eclectic detailing. 627 Hammond's Mill Road was built about 1894. The Lee Lingamfelter House at 611 incorporates Eastlake detailing. The Dr. D.R. Ross House at 589 was built in 1885, and the Morris-Kilmer House is an American Foursquare from about 1920.
The neighborhood lies at the foot of Potato Hill, a component of the North Mountain ridge. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 15, 2004.
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Peter Speck House is a historic home located near Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It was built between 1814 and 1815, and consists of a two-story, two-bay, log section with a gable roof attached to a two-story, two-bay, gable-roofed stone section. The building dates to the Federal period. It features a one-story, hip-roof front porch added in the early 1900s. Also on the property is a fieldstone spring house.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
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North Mountain is an unincorporated community in Berkeley County, West Virginia, United States. It takes its name from North Mountain, which lies to its west. The community of North Mountain is located on West Virginia Route 901 northeast of Hedgesville.