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Piedmont / Robert Worthington House

Introduction

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Piedmont is also known as Quarry Banks and the Robert Worthington House. The first section of the home was built in 1730 by Robert Worthington and the main house was constructed in 1784 by Dr. John Briscoe. Piedmont was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, as the Robert Worthington House, in 1973 as an example of Georgian architecture in Jefferson County.

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Piedmont, front view

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Piedmont

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Piedmont, back view

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First Floor Floorplan

Technical drawing, Plan, Drawing, Text

Second Floor Floorplan

Text, Technical drawing, Floor plan, Plan

Piedmont section

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Piedmont's unique wallpaper

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Piedmont's unique wallpaper

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Backstory and Context

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Robert Worthington constructed the original one-story stone house with attic in 1730. The stone on this section has been whitewashed and Worthington named the house “Quarry Banks-New Style” after his home in England, “Quarry Banks.” His son, Robert Worthington, Jr., was involved in erecting nearby Norborne Parish/St. George’s Chapel, the ruins of which can be seen at the beginning of Piedmont Lane. Worthington, Jr. married Margaret Edwards in 1760 and they lived at “Quarry Banks” until 1770 when they sold it to James Norse. While Norse owned the home, it was Dr. John Briscoe who lived there and constructed the second addition of the house. What is now the main house, called Piedmont, was a two-story brick structure, with attic and basement, built onto the original stone house in 1784. The house was designed in the Georgian style, and the NRHP nomination calls it “one of the noblest specimens of Georgian design found in West Virginia.” After living in Piedmont for several years, Briscoe officially purchased the property in 1786. Around 1806 Briscoe’s heirs added the unique French wallpaper that is still preserved in the home. The Briscoe family still owned Piedmont when it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, but it has since passed to new owners. 

Sources

"National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form--Piedmont." Accessed December 1, 2020. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/jefferson/73001913.pdf.

Image Sources(Click to expand)

"296 Piedmont Lane, Charles Town, WV 25414." Estately. Accessed December 1, 2020. https://www.estately.com/listings/info/296-piedmont-lane--2.

"Piedmont." Jacobsen Architecture LLC. Accessed December 1, 2020. http://www.jacobsenarchitecture.com/piedmont.

"296 Piedmont Lane, Charles Town, WV 25414." Estately. Accessed December 1, 2020. https://www.estately.com/listings/info/296-piedmont-lane--2.

"HABS WVA,19-CHART.V,10- (sheet 2 of 13) - Piedmont, Charles Town, Jefferson County, WV." Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print. Accessed December 1, 2020. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/wv0088.sheet.00002a/resource/.

"HABS WVA,19-CHART.V,10- (sheet 3 of 13) - Piedmont, Charles Town, Jefferson County, WV." Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print. Accessed December 1, 2020. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/wv0088.sheet.00003a/resource/.

"HABS WVA,19-CHART.V,10- (sheet 8 of 13) - Piedmont, Charles Town, Jefferson County, WV." Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print. Accessed December 1, 2020. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/wv0088.sheet.00008a/resource/.

"296 Piedmont Lane, Charles Town, WV 25414." Estately. Accessed December 1, 2020. https://www.estately.com/listings/info/296-piedmont-lane--2.

"296 Piedmont Lane, Charles Town, WV 25414." Estately. Accessed December 1, 2020. https://www.estately.com/listings/info/296-piedmont-lane--2.

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