Lee-Longsworth House

Infobox_nrhp | name =Lee-Longsworth House
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location= Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 19
lat_seconds = 32
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 77
long_minutes = 44
long_seconds = 49
long_direction = W
locmapin = West Virginia
area =
built =1800
architect= Unknown
architecture= Georgian, Federal
added = September 23, 1985cite 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=85002471

The Lee-Longsworth House in Bolivar, West Virginia, is an example of the transition from Georgian style architecture to the Federal style. It preserves significant features of interior woodwork, and is associated with the Lee family of Virginia. The property was in 1799 leased by its then owner, Thomas Wilson, to the US Government. At some point after that time, the property was purchased by Richard B. Lee, his wife Elizabeth, Edmond I. Lee and Walton Jones to Fernandino Fairfax for $3000, subject to the government lease.

Throughout the nineteenth century the house changed hands frequently and was entangled in a number of court proceedings. During the American Civil War it is alleged that Stonewall Jackson occupied the house for a brief time, citation|title=PDFlink| [http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/jefferson/85002471.pdf National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Lee-Longsworth House] |4.95 MB|date=September, 1984 |author=Paula Stoner Reed|publisher=National Park Service]

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