Soldier's Rest

Soldier's Rest
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Soldier's Rest
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Location	.3 mi N of Fairfax Ave., approximately .5 mi. E of jct. of US 340 and VA 7, near Berryville, Virginia
Coordinates	39°09′24″N 77°58′12″W / 39.15667°N 77.97000°W / 39.15667; -77.97000Coordinates: 39°09′24″N 77°58′12″W / 39.15667°N 77.97000°W / 39.15667; -77.97000
Area	22 acres (8.9 ha)
Built	1780
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference #	96000579
VLR #	021-0073
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	May 23, 1996
Designated VLR	March 20, 1996

Soldier's Rest is a historic farmhouse located in Berryville, Clarke County, Virginia. It was constructed about 1780 for the family of William Morton, it was later owned and added to by Daniel Morgan, a general in the American Revolution, and by Col Griffin Taylor, a veteran of the War of 1812, perhaps giving the home its name "Soldier's Rest".

Prior to the current house being built, a smaller one stood some 200 yards away, and said to be the place where George Washington stayed when he was surveying the land here for Lord Fairfax in 1748.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

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