Ar-Qua Springs
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| location | Berkeley County , West Virginia | ||
| Coordinates | 39 ° 25 '26.9 " N , 78 ° 2' 18.1" W | ||
| Built | from 1750 | ||
| NRHP number | 76001929 | ||
| The NRHP added | December 12, 1976 | ||
Ar-Qua Springs , also known as Thomas Thornbrough House , is a historically significant building in Berkeley County , West Virginia .
In 1750 the Quaker Thomas Thornbrough received a donation of 862 acres from Thomas Lord Fairfax to cultivate it. By October 1751 he had already built at least parts of today's Ar-Qua Springs, although the house initially only had one and a half floors. It is therefore one of the first permanently inhabited houses of the European settlers west of the Blue Ridge Mountains . The limestone building was soon expanded to three times the size of its original size, with the extensions being made from logs with inverted formwork . It may also have been used as a meeting place for the Quaker community in the second half of the 18th century. In 1820 major renovations were carried out on Ar-Qua Springs, a mansard roof replaced the previous saddle roof to create a complete second floor, and dormer windows were added. Around 1960 an attached laundry room was demolished. Ar-Qua Springs has three fireplaces and the limestone core building consists of a large room on the ground floor and two smaller rooms on the first floor.
On December 12, 1976, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places .
Individual evidence
- ↑ James E. Harding: Ar-Qua Springs: Nomination Form . In: National Register Information System. National Park Service , May 22, 1976, accessed August 27, 2015 (English, PDF 435 kB).
- ↑ Entry in the National Register Information System . National Park Service , accessed August 26, 2015