
Vandiver-Trout-Clause- House
Posted by:
flyingmoose
N 39° 20.994 W 078° 59.556
17S E 672971 N 4357528
Located along the Eastbound side of Route 50, this marker sits in front of the actual house which seems to be kept up pretty well. Parking is a cinch.
Waymark Code: WMJF8
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 07/27/2006
Views: 29
Located on a 1766 Fairfax Grant and site of a former blockhouse. Built by John Vandiver in early 19th Century; soon operated as an ordinary. Henry Trout purchased the house in 1869, repairing damage done during the Civil War. In the latter half of the century the house was also a post office and polling place, In 1904 the property was sold to Henry Clause, the inn's last proprietor.