Image: LEE-THROCKMORTON-MCDONALD HOUSE, BERKELEY COUNTY, WV

Description: AKA RURAL RETREAT; IT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1810 AS A LOG HOME AND SUBSTANTIALLY ENLARGED IN 1880. IT WAS ENLARGED AGAIN IN 1939 AND SHEATHED IN A LIMESTONE VENEER. ANTHONY LEE, A QUAKER, WAS A MILLER. JOB THROCKMORTON, ALSO A QUAKER, WAS THE GRANDSON-IN-LAW OF ANTHONY LEE AND DESPITE BEING A PACIFIST HE WAS ARRESTED BY CONFEDERATE SOLDIER AND IMPRISONED IN RICHMOND WHERE HE DIED OF TYPHOID FEVER. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 04000312 More images
Title: LEE-THROCKMORTON-MCDONALD HOUSE, BERKELEY COUNTY, WV
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Author: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD
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