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This simple log house was built in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century. Some of the rafters in the attic are still the original pegged construction.
Originally a two-and-two room building, a large kitchen and two bedrooms and bath were added 30 years ago. Old local barn timbers were used in the kitchen and the original stone fireplace now occupies the south side of the kitchen. French Godin woodstoves are located in the kitchen and living room, providing the primary heat system. The current owners have added several gardens.
Shown by Norborne Garden Club.
2. BETH~EL
Beth~el, the "youngest" of the Berkeley County tour houses, is a two-story contemporary with tan siding and black shutters, located in the Swan Pond region of the county. The home is furnished with a combination of modern and antique pieces.
Longaberger Baskets from the owner's collection are displayed throughout the house. The entrance to the grounds is highlighted by a large water garden, featuring a double waterfall. A great variety of hardwood trees, flowering trees, shrubs and spring bulbs surround and lead to a pergola with a large vegetable garden behind it.
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Shown by Berk-Mar Garden Club. Refreshments will be served.
3. CALLER HALL
Caller Hall is a mid-twentieth-century red-brick southern colonial style house. The beautiful front entry leads to an inviting foyer. Intricate crown-molding and gold-leaf accents highlight the ground floor rooms. All three floors will be shown. Shown by Olde Berkeley Garden Club. 4. JUDICIAL CENTER RAIN GARDEN
This year's tour offers a special opportunity to visit an active Rain Garden and learn about its construction and purpose, as well as how you can build and grow your own rain garden. The Judicial Center Garden was begun in 2006, a project of the WV Department of Environmental Protection in partnership with a number of organizations including the Berkeley Jefferson Master Gardeners.
Master Gardeners will be on-site during tour hours. They will be ready to answer questions as well as give instructions on how you can incorporate a rain garden on your own property.
5. EASTWOOD FARM
Hidden away down a long lane off a sparsely traveled country road, Eastwood was built c.1840. It was then known as "Avon Hill" or "Avon Wood." Today, as Eastwood Farm, Kitty and Stanley Dunn Jr., still operate a working farm, specializing in West Virginia Angus beef.
The original portion of the Greek Revival style house contains three rooms plus a spacious entry hall on the main floor, and three bedrooms upstairs. Wide pine floors and six fireplaces to provide heat are all original to the house. Wings added in the 1960s provide a country kitchen, a spacious family room and a sunroom.
Eastwood Farm was last shown in 1982, and is shown this year by Shenandoah Garden Club. As it has for many years, the club's "Famous Apple Cake" will be served to tour visitors.
6. RUTHERFORD-MOORE HOUSE
This stately Greek revival home at 403 East Washington Street, built in 1873, has had only four owners, the first three serving as the home's caretakers for about forty years each. The current owners purchased the house in 2001. The three bay, three story brick house with a low-pitched hipped roof and interior chimneys includes a front and back porch, exposed basement windows on either side of the front porch, plus an adjoining one-story room in the back. The property has always had active gardens.
Shown by Dolley Madison Garden Club.
7. THE RECTORY
The Rectory was originally the home of Miss Mary Barker, and the adjacent properties are built on what were the grounds of this house. It survived a major fire in 1866, and numerous skirmishes during the Civil War when it served as a hospital. For many years it was home to the ministers of the local Methodist church, hence its name.
The front of the house, the oldest part, has four original fireplaces and, upstairs, old wide-board wooden floors. The back of the house was added later, with the original outside brick wall as a focal point of the family room. On the property the original stone cold storage house can be seen.
A large, delightful bird cote and numerous plantings make the back yard a serene and beautiful retreat.
Shown by GFWC Woman's Club of Harpers Ferry. Refreshments will be served.
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