Edgewood (Bunker Hill, West Virginia)
Edgewood, also known as the John Boyd House, is a historic home located at Bunker Hill, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It was built in 1839 and is a two-story, five-bay, brick dwelling with a gable roof in the Greek Revival style. The entrance features a semi-elliptical transom and sidelights. The building has a two-story rear ell. The property includes a small log slave cabin. The house was built by General Elisha Boyd for his son John as the plantation house for the 1,400 acre Edgewood Manor plantation. During the American Civil War, John Boyd served in the Confederate Army and was captured when he visited home. He was nearly executed, but for the intervention of President Zachary Taylor's daughter, Mrs. Dandridge. Also during the war, General Stonewall Jackson camped on the lawn. Confederate General J. Johnston Pettigrew (July 4, 1828 – July 17, 1863) died in an upstairs bedroom at Edgewood after having been shot at Falling Waters during the retreat from the Battle of Gettysburg. The Boyd family lost the house after the Civil War, but many subsequent owners maintained it. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, as was the nearby John Drinker House, which may have served as a stop on the Underground Railroad. See also
Boydville
Bunker Hill Historic District

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
Greek Revival houses in West Virginia
Houses completed in 1839
Houses in Berkeley County, West Virginia
National Register of Historic Places in Berkeley County, West Virginia
Plantation houses in West Virginia
Slave cabins and quarters in the United States
Berkeley County, West Virginia, in the American Civil War
Boyd family of Virginia and West Virginia