Cedar Lawn

Infobox_nrhp | name =Cedar Lawn
nrhp_type =


caption =
location= Charles Town, West Virginia
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 17
lat_seconds = 6
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 77
long_minutes = 55
long_seconds = 22
long_direction = W
locmapin = West Virginia
area =
built =1825
architect= Unknown
architecture= Federal
added = December 04, 1974
governing_body = Private
refnum=74002004cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Cedar Lawn, also known as Berry Hill and Poplar Hill, is one of several houses built near Charles Town, West Virginia for members of the Washington family. Cedar Lawn was built in 1825 for John Thornton Augustine Washington, George Washington's grand-nephew. The property was originally part of the Harewood estate belonging to Samuel Washington. The property that eventually became Cedar Hill was left to Samuel's son, Thornton Washington, who built "Berry Hill", named for his wife's family. Berry Hill was destroyed by fire, and John Thornton Augustine built Cedar Lawn when he inherited. citation|title=PDFlink| [http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/jefferson/74002004.pdf National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Cedar Lawn] |694 KB|date=April, 1973 |author=Ted McGee|publisher=National Park Service]

In the 1940's, the house was bought by R.J. Funkhouser, an industrialist who had a taste for Washington family estates, who also owned Blakeley and Claymont Court. The property remains in the Funkhouser family and is known as O'Sullivan Farms, after Funkhouser's principal venture, the O'Sullivan Corporation.

ee also

*Happy Retreat

References

External links

* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.wv0043 Cedar Lawn, Summit Point Road, Charles Town vicinity, Jefferson County, WV: 2 photos, 1 data page] , at Historic American Building Survey