Adam Stephen built this impressive home of locally quarried limestone in 1774 on a hill overlooking Tuscarora Creek In Martinsburg, WV. He also built a mill, distillery and armory. In 1772 when Berkeley County was formed, Stephen managed to wrest the courthouse location away from Leetown to his site which he would establish as the town of Martinsburg in 1778. He was the new county’s largest landowner and was appointed its first sheriff. On the basement level of the home, there is an entrance to one of the many caves beneath Martinsburg. A second cave nearby is being explored. It is believed that the basement cave gave protection to inhabitants of the house in case of attack.
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