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Star Gazers' Stone located on Star Gazers' Farm near Embreeville, Pennsylvania, USA, marks the site of a temporary observatory established in January 1764 by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon which they used in their survey of the Mason-Dixon line. The stone was placed by Mason and Dixon about 700 feet (213 m) north of the Harlan House, which ...
June 25, 1973. Mason and Dixon Survey Terminal Point is a historic marker located near Pentress, West Virginia, United States. Located on the boundary between Monongalia County, West Virginia and Greene County, Pennsylvania, [1] it identifies the terminal station established by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon on Brown's Hill on October 19 ...
1,096 ft (334 m) Time zone. UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST)) • Summer ( DST) UTC-4 (EDT) GNIS ID. 1689852 [1] Stone House — or Stonehouse — is a former unincorporated community in Taylor County, West Virginia, USA. The site is now underwater in Tygart Lake, having been inundated after construction of the Tygart Dam (1934–38).
The stone is known now as the Star Gazers' Stone. After doing additional observation and surveying work, they established the east-west boundary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland. In August 1764, they ran a line from the New Castle Court House to determine the correct tangent point.
Watch the skies: Solar eclipse brings SouthCoast star-gazers together, young and old. Gannett. Dan Medeiros, The Herald News. April 8, 2024 at 6:29 PM.
Travelers Rest, also known as Old Stone House, is a historic home located near Burlington, Mineral County, West Virginia. It was built as a stagecoach stop to service the Northwestern Turnpike. It serviced the corridor between Winchester, Virginia and Parkersburg, Virginia (now West Virginia ). The house is believed to have been built in two ...
June 5, 1975 [1] The Sloan–Parker House, also known as the Stone House, Parker Family Residence, or Richard Sloan House, [2] [3] is a late-18th-century stone residence near Junction, Hampshire County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It was built on land vacated by the Shawnee after the Native American nation had been violently forced to ...
Stone House Mansion. / 39.39778°N 77.91917°W / 39.39778; -77.91917. Stone House Mansion, also known as the John Strode House, is a historic home located near Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia. The main house was built in 1757, and is a two-story, stone house with a slate gable roof. Porches were added during the 20th century.