Prato Rio

Infobox_nrhp | name =Prato Rio
nrhp_type =


caption =
location= Leetown, West Virginia
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 20
lat_seconds = 49
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 77
long_minutes = 56
long_seconds = 12
long_direction = W
locmapin = West Virginia
area =
built =1775
architect= Unknown
architecture= No Style Listed
added = April 11, 1973cite 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]
governing_body = Private
refnum=73001916

Prato Rio, also known as Hopewell, near Leetown, West Virginia, was the home of General Charles Lee of the Continental Army, for whom Leetown is named. Lee lived there from 1774 to his death in 1782. The property was originally acquired in 1731 by Han Yost Heydt (or Hite), who built a log cabin on the property he called "Hopewell". Heydt's son Jacob expanded the cabin in 1733. In 1774 Jacon Heydt sold the 3000 acre plantation to Lee, who renamed the estate "Prato Rio". During the nineteenth century a number of additions were built. citation|title=PDFlink| [http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/jefferson/73001916.pdf National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Prato Rio] |1.21 MB|date=July 27, 1972 |author=Charles W. Snell|publisher=National Park Service]

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* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.wv0080 Lee Barn & Outbuildings, Leetown, Jefferson County, WV: 9 drawings, 8 photos, 2 data pages] , at Historic American Building Survey