History

W. Day House and Farm
  • 1890: Originally property of the Beall family, James Wilkerson Day (who had married the Beall's daughter Sarah) built the present house on the site of an earlier house that had burned
  • 1912: Nephews Barry and Leslie Beall moved to the farm
  • 1920: Dairying operation began
  • Representative of early twentieth century dairy farming
  • Listed in the Locational Atlas of Historic Sites
  • The farm buildings can be viewed from Clarksburg Road but the farmhouse is currently a private residence