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Lang Sine Farm is located in Clarke
County, VA. Its northeastern boundary forms the Virginia/West
Virginia state line. The entire farm has been undergoing extensive
renovation and restoration since April, 2000, however, the focus has
been on the original stone house. The farm consists of the stone
"mansion house", bank barn, blacksmith shop, scale house, wash
house, smoke house, pig barn, chicken coop, and "three hole
outhouse" located on 101 acres. The corn crib, garage, and fuel
house were deemed unsafe and were dismantled.
It is currently believed that Province
McCormick (1771 - 1826) built the house of field limestone in the
early 1790s. Province was the grandson of Irish immigrants, Dr. John
(1698 - 1768) and Ann McFarren (1704 - 1768) McCormick. Dr. John McCormick brought his wife and
family to America in the mid-1730s and settled in what is
now Summit Point, WV. They purchased 395 acres of land from Jost
Hite on May 21, 1740 and prospered. The original McCormick house and
barn, both built about 1742, are on the National Register of
Historic Places. The barn is the oldest barn in the state of West
Virginia. The present owners have developed a website about the
property and its history. It may be viewed on-line at http://www.whitehousefarmwv.org/.
Province's father, Francis McCormick
(1734 - 1794), was Dr. John and Ann McCormick's third
child. On May 30, 1763, Dr. John and his wife
Ann sold Francis 456 acres that they received as a
Fairfax grant on July 8, 1760. It was mostly located
in present day Clarke County, VA with some land in present day
Jefferson County, WV and included present day Lang Sine
Farm. It is believed that the sale of this property to Francis
marked the date of his marriage to Ann Province (1735 - 1771).
Through the years, Francis purchased additional property and
named his farm "Weehaw". In 1793, Province McCormick purchased
500 acres of Weehaw farm from his father. His farm came to be
know as Lang Sine Farm.
The Virginia Department of Historic
Resources advised the present owner that Lang Sine
Farm is eligible for registration on the National Register of
Historic Places. The owner expects to place the farm on the Register
within the next few years.
For further information about the
property, click on the "History" tab above.
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