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Main Street (Big Hill 2)
Virtual Walking Tour
The James Moore House
James Moore (c.1757-1826), Asa's brother, built the brick
portion of this dwelling between 1808 and 1815. By the time
Daniel Webster Minor (c.1836-c.1905), a free black who helped
out the Loudoun Rangers during the Civil War, purchased it
at auction in 1873, the house was in a very deteriorated
condition. "Web" fixed it up and his family owned
the house until 1948. A recent frame addition to the west
complements the early brick dwelling. |
The Abner Moore House
This is the only lot in Waterford known to have had a building
covenant as a provision of the sale. The 1801 covenant from
Mahlon Janney to James Moore states, "House must be
erected at least eighteen feet span with brick or stone chimney
within three years of this agreement or it will be deemed
a forfeiture and seller may reenter and claim same." Moore
complied and by 1803 a one-story brick storehouse stood on
the property. He evidently put it up quickly to meet the
conditions of the covenant, using the cheaper and less elegant
common brick bond on all sides of the house. Within a year
or so, however, Moore's son Abner (b.1782) converted the
storehouse into a dwelling. |
America Hough Towner House
John Hough (1814-1898) purchased this vacant lot in 1852.
He was a Methodist and no relation to "Old John" Hough,
one of Waterford's Quaker founders. This later John was a
carpenter and is generally credited with building this house
for his daughter America. It later passed into the Mock family.
This house, clad in German siding, on a stone foundation
is typical of late 19th and early 20th century frame construction
in Waterford and elsewhere in Virginia. |
Edward Dorsey House
Carpenter and cabinetmaker Edward Dorsey (1769-1848) constructed
this two-story, five-bay brick house across the street from
his shop (no longer standing) sometime before 1822. By using
fashionable architectural motifs such as Flemish bond with
closers on the front facade, jack arches over the windows,
a stylish entablature at the roof eaves, and a full-Georgian
interior floor plan, Dorsey advertised himself as a prominent
and prosperous member of Waterford society. After Dorsey's
death, his son sold the estate to John Hough's brother Samuel
(1811-1887), who also owned the property next door (below).
The house remained in the Hough family until 1909. |
The Hough House
Isaac Hough—a Quaker until they disowned him in 1794
for "frequenting places of diversion"—purchased
this vacant lot from Mahlon Janney in 1801. He sold it to
Thomas Lacey in 1813. Lacey, a local builder, probably constructed
the dwelling you see today as two joined but separate houses,
using them as rentals. Lacey's heirs sold the property to
John Hough in 1837. Two years later John sold the northwest
half of the dwelling to his brother Samuel, keeping the southeast
half. Samuel sold his half of the house in 1855 to yet another
brother, George (1820-1861), a veteran of the Mexican War.
George's widow Mary sold it back to John Hough in 1866. No
wonder this is the Hough House! It exhibits an atypical four-bay
facade, reflecting its original two-family use. |
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