york hill, near shenandoah junction, west virginia is a historic property listed on the national register of historic places. the original log portion of the house was built in the mid 1750s by samuel darke on a tract conveyed by thomas fairfax, 6th lord fairfax of cameron in 1754. the farm passed into the ownership of colonel james hendricks in 1762. upon colonel hendricks' death in 1795, the farm was sold into ownership of the snyder family. due to heavy tax debt, the snyder's lost the farm and robert hockensmith purchased it in 1939 in partnership with milton burr. mr. hockensmith later bought out mr. burr's share and transferred ownership of the property to his daughter, mary frances (hockensmith) hockman, upon her marriage in 1955. upon ms. hockman's death in 2007, her son, gordon hockman, became the current owner.