Falling Spring-Morgan's Grove

Infobox_nrhp | name =Falling Spring--Morgan's Grove
nrhp_type = hd


caption =
nearest_city= Shepherdstown, West Virginia
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 25
lat_seconds = 15
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 77
long_minutes = 48
long_seconds = 55
long_direction = W
locmapin = West Virginia
area =
built =1734
architect= Edmonds,Stuart H.
architecture= Classical Revival, Federal
added = February 15, 1989
governing_body = Private
refnum=88002670cite 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]

Falling Spring at Morgan's Grove is part of a related complex of buildings and lands associated with the Morgan family and other prominent members of the Shepherdstown, West Virginia community. Falling Spring was completed by 1837 as a large, porticoed stucco house and farm complex. The property was first settled by Richard Morgan, who noted several springs on the property, including "Bubbling Spring" and "Morgan's Spring", the starting point of the 1775 Bee-Line March. The house was built by Jacob Morgan, Richard's grandson, who was a successful merchant who lived and worked in Alexandria, Virginia.

Richard's son William inherited the property in 1855. William Morgan became a Confederate officer with the start of the American Civil War, serving with Generals J.E.B. Stuart and Turner Ashby.

Falling Spring was sold in 1904 to Dr. M.H. Crawford, who added two more columns to the portico. The design may have been undertaken by Winchester, Virginia architect Stuart H. Edmonds, who had worked at Shepherd College and Bellevue. The Crawfords also added a Japanese garden to the property. citation|title=PDFlink| [http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/jefferson/88002670.pdf National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Morgan's Grove] |789 KB|date=August 12, 1988 |author=Diana Suttenfield with Rodney S. Collins|publisher=National Park Service]

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External links

* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.wv0071 Jacob Morgan House, Shepherdstown vicinity, Jefferson County, WV: 2 photos, 1 data page] , at Historic American Building Survey ("Falling Spring" or "Steptoe House")