Boggs, William, Farm
WV 7, Hedgesville, WVThe William Boggs Farm is significant for Agriculture, and for William Boggs, Sr. for his part in the Exploration/Settlement of the area. The farm was the first land grant (1750) in the area of Back Creek Valley and is typical of Western migration and exploration in this wilderness. Boggs ultimately developed a prosperous crop and livestock farm that provided for the economic and intellectual growth of the Boggs family for more than 100 years. Most importantly, the Boggs log house is significant for Architecture because it illustrates the local vernacular architecture of the late 18th century having been constructed about 1790. The period of significance begins in 1790 when the house was built and extends to 1836, the year of William Boggs, Jr. death
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
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