Media Farm

Historic house in West Virginia, United States

United States historic place


Media Farm
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

39°19′46″N 77°50′32″W / 39.32944°N 77.84222°W / 39.32944; -77.84222
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	93000616
Added to NRHP	November 10, 1994^[1]

Media Farm is a farm complex near Charles Town, West Virginia that dates to 1780, and has remained in the same family ever since. The property was acquired by Charles Yates, an English immigrant, from Thomas Rutherford. In the twentieth century, author Julia McDonald Davis spent her childhood summers at the farm. Her father, who visited the farm frequently, was lawyer, diplomat and presidential candidate John W. Davis.

The original house was a log structure, with a stone addition added in 1790. The house grew and its present appearance is Gothic Revival. During World War I several small tenant houses were built on the farm to house "farmerettes," who were city women brought from urban areas to assist farmers whose labor force had gone to war.^[2]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ Jean T. Crolius (October 6, 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Media Farm" (PDF). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)