Shepherdstown Historic District: 300 Block West German Street
Introduction
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300 Block on Historic District map

313 W German Street

311 W German Street

Log smoke house at 311 W German Street

309 W German Street

307 W German Street

305 W German Street

303 W German Street

301 W German Street

100 N Duke Street

300 W German Street

304 W German Street

306 W German Street

308 W German Street

310 W German Street

314 W German Street

323 W German Street

325 W German Street

327 W German Street

320 W German Street

322 W German Street

335 W German Street

337 W German Street

339 W German Street

345 W German Street

349 W German Street

328 W German Street

330 W German Street

332 W German Street

334 W German Street

336 W German Street

338 W German Street

Map of Shepherdstown Historic District

Backstory and Context
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Contributing structures:
(1) 317 W German Street: “Two story log house covered with mid 20th century wood siding cut to resemble block. CA 1800.” (now 313 W German Street)
(2) 315 W German Street: “Two story log house covered with mid 20th century wood siding cut to resemble block. Has been combined with house next door to the west (#1). CA 1800.” (now 313 W German Street)
(3) 313 W German Street: “One and a half story log house covered with weatherboard. Combined with adjoining house to east to become one dwelling in the 1960’s. Log smoke house CA 1790. 2 contributing buildings.” (now 311 W German Street)
(4) 311 W German Street: “One and a half story log house covered with weatherboard. Combined with adjoining house to west to become one dwelling in the 1960’s. CA 1790.”
(5) 309 W German Street: “Two story brick house with Flemish bond façade. Brick privy. Ca. 1820. 2 contributing buildings.”
(6) 307 W German Street: “Two story stuccoed log house. CA 1790.”
(7) 305 W German Street: “Two story brick house with Flemish bond façade. CA 1830.”
(8) 303 W German Street: “Two story brick house with Flemish bond façade. CA 1815.”
(9) 301 W German Street: “Two story L-shaped brick house with Flemish bond façade. Site of Weiss pottery. 1 contributing building, 1 contributing site.”
(64) 100 N Duke Street: “Two story frame house covered with German siding. It may contain log substructure. CA 1870.”
(171) 300 W German Street: “Two story brick house with common bond façade. L-extension to rear. Late Greek Revival influence. 1869.”
(172) 302 W German Street: “Two two-story attached log houses combined and covered with brick veneer and weatherboarding. Early 20th century remodeling to two early 19th century structures.” (appears to have been replaced with a 2015 construction house)
(173) 306 W German Street: “Large two and three story structure dating from the early 20th century which incorporates a smaller log house of unknown date. Brick one story service building, after 1915. 2 contributing buildings. (304 W German Street)
(174) 308 W German Street: “Early 20th century rustic log building constructed as a tea house for 306 W German Street. CA 1925.” (306 W German Street)
(175) 310 W German Street: “Two story vernacular log dwelling of the early 19th century. Any original siding has been removed. One and one half story extension to rear.” (308 W German Street)
(176) 312 W German Street: “Two story brick or brick veneer house with a one story brick extension to the rear. Early 19th century.” (310 W German Street)
(216) 318 W German Street: “Two story brick veneered log house with central chimney. Shed addition to rear. CA 1760. Germanic influence.” (314 W German Street)
(217) 323 W German Street: “Two story three bay brick or brick veneered log house with one story extension to the rear. CA 1860.”
(218) 325 W German Street: “One story gable front building covered with German siding. CA 1920 (possible with an older substructure.)”
(219) 327 W German Street: “One story weatherboarded log house with flat roof (not original) early 19th century.”
(220) 320 W German Street: “Two story three bay brick or brick veneer house. CA 1840.”
(221) 322 W German Street: “Two story three bay German sided log house with one story L-extension to the rear. CA 1810.”
(222) N side, W German Street, west of Maiden Lane: “Two story, three bay log house covered with asbestos shingle siding. Early 19th century.” (335 W German Street)
(223) W German Street, N side: “Two story aluminum sided frame house. CA 1890.” (337 W German Street)
(224) N side W German Street, west of Maiden Lane: “Aluminum sided, two story, three bay log house. Mid 19th century.” (339 W German Street)
(225) N side W German Street, east of junction with High Street: “Two story three bay aluminum sided log house.” (345 W German Street)
(226) NE corner of intersection of High and German Streets: “One story German sided log house. Mid 19th century.” (349 W German Street)
(227) 328 W German Street: “Two story, three bay frame house covered with German siding. CA 1920.”
(228) 330 W German Street: “One story rusticated concrete block house with hipped roof. Bungaloid. CA 1935.”
(229) 332 W German Street: “One story, five bay log house covered with asbestos shingle siding. Later additions. Early 19th century.”
(230) 334 W German Street: “Two story, three bay aluminum sided log house. Early-mid 19th century.”
(231) 336 W German Street: “Brick or brick cased log house with Italianate style influence (May have older sub structure). CA 1800.”
(232) 338 W German Street: “Stuccoed brick building with Italianate influence. Aluminum sided parapet added. CA 1880.”
Sources
"National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: New Mecklenburg/Shepherdstown--Shepherdstown Historic District (boundary increase)." Accessed February 26, 2021. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/jefferson/87001205.pdf.
"National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: New Mecklenburg/Shepherdstown--Shepherdstown Historic District (boundary increase)." Accessed February 26, 2021. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/jefferson/87001205.pdf.
Google Maps. Accessed February 26, 2021.
"311 West German, Shepherdstown, WV 25443." Redfin. Accessed February 26, 2021. https://www.redfin.com/WV/Shepherdstown/311-W-German-St-25443/home/15917492.
"311 West German, Shepherdstown, WV 25443." Redfin. Accessed February 26, 2021. https://www.redfin.com/WV/Shepherdstown/311-W-German-St-25443/home/15917492.
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"National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: New Mecklenburg/Shepherdstown--Shepherdstown Historic District (boundary increase)." Accessed February 26, 2021. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/jefferson/87001205.pdf.