Hopewell (Millville, West Virginia)

Hopewell
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Jefferson County, West Virginia, USA
Nearest city	Charles Town, West Virginia
Coordinates	39°16′4″N 77°47′36″W / 39.26778°N 77.79333°WCoordinates: 39°16′4″N 77°47′36″W / 39.26778°N 77.79333°W
Built	1765
Architect	Little, William, Sr.
Architectural style	Other
NRHP Reference #	94000214[1]
Added to NRHP	March 25, 1994

Hopewell, also known as Hopewell Mills and Hopewell Farm, was established around 1765 by William Little, Sr., who built grain and saw mills near the Shenandoah River. In 1827, William Little, Jr. sold the property to James Hite and Jacob Newcomer. Hite named the property "Hopewell", identifying the mill with a place in Leetown also named Hopewell, where there was a Quaker meeting house. Hite's descendant, Thomas Hite Willis, operated and expanded the mill, adding a woolen mill. The woolen mill operated until the 1920s providing uniforms for the Army.

The complex includes a log-and-clapboard house, built circa 1765 with twentieth century additions, a tenant house (known as the "Viand Cottage") from the same era and of similar construction, several outbuildings and the ruins of the woolen mill, circa 1850.^[2]

References

1. National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Jean T. Crolius (November 20, 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Hopewell" (pdf). National Park Service.