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High Street
Virtual Walking Tour
Huntley Farm
Local farmer William Russell may have built the original
portion of the house around 1836 on land he purchased that
year. The 102 acres of this property originally ran nearly
the full length of High Street. Russell sold the property
to Charles Hollingsworth in 1855. Robert Walker (1851-1931),
a prominent Quaker, purchased the property from Hollingsworth
in 1891, making several changes and additions to the home.
He named the house Huntley after his mother, Eliza Hunt Walker.
Walker also built a small two-room frame schoolhouse on the
property for the education of local girls. This is the brown
building clad in "fish-scale" shingles. Subsequent
owners of Huntley further altered the house, completely enveloping
the original structure, which may have been of brick. It
is now clad mainly German siding with other areas of different
shingle patterns. The exterior reflects the many changes
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Edith Walker House
Robert Walker built this lovely Queen Anne style home for
his spinster sister, Edith, in 1897. He located the house
on a portion of his property, Huntley Farm, and designed
it to face his house next door instead of the street. A brick
walk connected the two homes and remains to this day. The
Edith Walker house is a blend of Victorian and Colonial Revival
architectural elements with many distinctive features such
as the wraparound porch that serves as a spacious summer
living area. There are two pedimented dormers, three gables
and a sleeping porch over the front entrance, each clad with
a different style shingle. The main body of the house boasts
German siding. The original cedar shingle roof was replaced
with raised seam metal, as was the fashion in the area after
the turn of the century. The windows further unite the two
styles with six or eight small panes at the top, recalling
colonial sash patterns, while the single large pane at the
bottom incorporates the modern glass technology of the Victorian
era. Inside the home is a fine paneled Queen Anne stairway,
beautiful Colonial Revival molding with bull's eyes in the
top corners and pocket doors from the foyer into the parlor.
Of special note are five fireplaces, each of a different
design. The three on the first floor have mirrored overmantles.
Over the years there have been few changes to the floor plan,
which speaks highly of the home's comfort and adaptability
to changing life styles. The major changes to the house were
the addition of first and second floor bathrooms, and the
enlargement of the kitchen by removing the wall to the butler's
pantry. The historic exterior of the house is protected from
alteration in perpetuity by an easement given to the Virginia
Department of Historic Resources.
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Presbyterian Manse
Architect Albert Leuders designed this structure as a home
for the minister of the adjacent Presbyterian Church. It
was erected in 1955 by John Campbell with the running bond
brick pattern that is used almost universally today. The
house replaced a two-story frame rectory built in the 1880s. |
Catoctin Presbyterian Church
This church replaces one built in 1814 that burned in 1878.
Presbyterians rebuilt in 1882, using a mix of bricks salvaged
from the original church as well as new ones. The difference
in bricks is best seen on the side elevations. The church
reflects the popularity of the Gothic style in the 19th century,
especially for churches. The side elevations have buttresses
between pairs of lancet windows. The façade has three
lancet windows surmounted by the customary rose window. Another
rose window is located at the rear of the church. The education
wing at the rear was built in 1950. |
Waterford Baptist Church
The Baptist congregation constructed this brick church around
1853. The Greek Revival style contrasts nicely with the Gothic
Revival church across Patrick Street. Where the Gothic emphasizes
verticality and decoration, the Greek features simplicity.
The only decoration on the sides is the mousetooth cornice,
seen on many Waterford homes. The front façade has
a distyle in antis portico sheltering three simply
framed doorways. In August 1862 that portico sheltered a
small Union force during a bloody skirmish that nearly destroyed
the building. The Loudoun Rangers, who had been using the
church as a barracks, were surprised at dawn by a superior
force of Confederate cavalry and, after a brief siege, were
forced to surrender. The damaged building did not reopen
for services until 1876. |
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