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Historic house in West Virginia, United States United States historic place
Faraway Farm
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Faraway Farm is located in West VirginiaFaraway FarmShow map of West VirginiaFaraway Farm is located in the United StatesFaraway FarmShow map of the United States
LocationWV 8, near Martinsburg, West Virginia
Coordinates39°32′55″N 77°56′23″W / 39.54861°N 77.93972°W / 39.54861; -77.93972
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Builtc. 1865
Architectural styleWest Virginia Porch
MPSBerkeley County MRA
NRHP reference No.80004432
Added to NRHPDecember 10, 1980

Faraway Farm, also known as the Daniel Ropp House, is a historic home located near Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It was built about 1865 and is a two-story, L-shaped brick dwelling. It is five bays wide and the ell is four bays long with a two-story recessed porch. The entrance features a one-bay, one-story pedimented portico with plain balusters and column shafts with chamfered edges, known as a "West Virginia Porch."

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Don C. Wood (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Faraway Farm" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
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