Gap View Farm

Infobox_nrhp | name =Gap View Farm
nrhp_type = hd


caption =
location= Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 20
lat_seconds = 32
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 77
long_minutes = 50
long_seconds = 58
long_direction = W
locmapin = West Virginia
area =
built =1774
architect= Baker,Walter
architecture= Georgian, Colonial Revival
added = January 09, 1997cite 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=96001574

Gap View Farm, near Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia, is an historic farm complex whose main house was built in 1774. The property gets its name from its view of the gap in the Blue Ridge made by the Potomac River at Harpers Ferry. The first house at Gap view was a small stone house built by Walter Baker. On Baker's death in 1820 the property passed to James L. Ranson, then to Parker Strode in 1868. In 1871 the property was acquired by Charles Aglionby, who owned the adjoining Mount Pleasant estate and a portion of Media Farm. Over time the house was expanded in four phases. citation|title=PDFlink| [http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/jefferson/96001574.pdf National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Gap View Farm] |1.61 MB|date=June 1996 |author=Jean Crolius Ehman|publisher=National Park Service]

The farm includes numerous outbuildings and dependencies.

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