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The Yellow House

The Yellow House: Quietly One of Shepherdstown’s Oldest Homes

December 14, 2018 Tagged With: historic preservation, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, The Yellow House

Shepherdstown is often designated the oldest town in West Virginia—some thirty-odd years older than the nation itself. High Street is considered to be the oldest street in town—used by pioneers crossing the Potomac River at Pack Horse Ford when they came up over the bluffs to the town—and on it sits a building named the Catherine Weltzheimer House, a.k.a., The Yellow House, circa 1817. Read the Full Story >>

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