Shenstone
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Title
Shenstone
Subject
Houses - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Mt. Jackson (Va)
Description
Photo of a photograph of "Shenstone", a large home located in Mt. Jackson, Virginia.
This house was constructed around 1825, on the site of a log cabin that had been home to Riley Moore, an original European resident of the area. The house is a Federal Style structure with interior chimneys.
The building housed wounded soldiers during the Civil War when Mt. Jackson was a major Confederate medical center since it was connected to the railroad.
After the conflict, Samuel Moore, a local planter, bought the house. When the Manassas Gap Railroad was expanded in the 1860s, many of the Irish immigrants who came here to work on the project boarded here.
In 1969, the Moore family sold the residence. Today, it is a private residence
This house was constructed around 1825, on the site of a log cabin that had been home to Riley Moore, an original European resident of the area. The house is a Federal Style structure with interior chimneys.
The building housed wounded soldiers during the Civil War when Mt. Jackson was a major Confederate medical center since it was connected to the railroad.
After the conflict, Samuel Moore, a local planter, bought the house. When the Manassas Gap Railroad was expanded in the 1860s, many of the Irish immigrants who came here to work on the project boarded here.
In 1969, the Moore family sold the residence. Today, it is a private residence
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Undated
Contributor
Identified in 2002 by Bonnie Painter
Information about this house was extracted from: Shenandoah County Library, “Shenstone,” Shenandoah Stories, accessed January 19, 2026, https://shenandoahstories.org/items/show/105.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Identifier
002045
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Shenstone,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed February 1, 2026, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/25994.
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