Captain William Lucas and Robert Lucas House

Historic house in West Virginia, United States

United States historic place


Capt. William Lucas and Robert Lucas House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Front of the house
39°24′6″N 77°46′27″W / 39.40167°N 77.77417°W / 39.40167; -77.77417
Area	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built	1793
NRHP reference No.	82004323^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 2, 1982

The Captain William Lucas and Robert Lucas House, also known as Linden Spring, is a large stone house near Shepherdstown in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States. It was built circa 1783 for Captain William Lucas, a Revolutionary War soldier. Lucas' son, Robert Lucas was born here and became a Governor of Ohio and the first Territorial governor of Iowa.

William Lucas was the son of Edward Lucas II, who arrived in Jefferson County in 1732 and received lands from Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron. William's wife was Susannah Barnes, sister-in-law to James Rumsey, whose steamship experiments took place on the nearby Potomac River.^[2]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Rodney S. Collins (June 14, 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Lucas, Captain William and Lucas, Robert, House" (PDF). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)