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Huntley Farm
 Local farmer William Russell may have built the original portion of the house around 1836 on land he purchased that year. The 102 acres of this property originally ran nearly the full length of High Street. Russell sold the property to Charles Hollingsworth in 1855. Robert Walker (1851-1931), a prominent Quaker, purchased the property from Hollingsworth in 1891, making several changes and additions to the home. He named the house Huntley after his mother, Eliza Hunt Walker. Walker also built a small two-room frame schoolhouse on the property for the education of local girls. This is the brown building clad in "fish-scale" shingles. Subsequent owners of Huntley further altered the house, completely enveloping the original structure, which may have been of brick. It is now clad mainly German siding with other areas of different shingle patterns. The exterior reflects the many changes made over time. |
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 Edith Walker House
Robert Walker built this lovely Queen Anne style home for his spinster sister, Edith, in 1897. He located the house on a portion of his property, Huntley Farm, and designed it to face his house next door instead of the street. A brick walk connected the two homes and remains to this day.
The Edith Walker house is a blend of Victorian and Colonial Revival architectural elements with many distinctive features such as the wraparound porch that serves as a spacious summer living area. There are two pedimented dormers, three gables and a sleeping porch over the front entrance, each clad with a different style shingle. The main body of the house boasts German siding. The original cedar shingle roof was replaced with raised seam metal, as was the fashion in the area after the turn of the century. The windows further unite the two styles with six or eight small panes at the top, recalling colonial sash patterns, while the single large pane at the bottom incorporates the modern glass technology of the Victorian era.
Inside the home is a fine paneled Queen Anne stairway, beautiful Colonial Revival molding with bull's eyes in the top corners and pocket doors from the foyer into the parlor. Of special note are five fireplaces, each of a different design. The three on the first floor have mirrored overmantles.
Over the years there have been few changes to the floor plan, which speaks highly of the home's comfort and adaptability to changing life styles. The major changes to the house were the addition of first and second floor bathrooms, and the enlargement of the kitchen by removing the wall to the butler's pantry.
The historic exterior of the house is protected from alteration in perpetuity by an easement given to the Virginia Department of Historic Resources.
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 Presbyterian Manse
Architect Albert Leuders designed this structure as a home for the minister of the adjacent Presbyterian Church. It was erected in 1955 by John Campbell with the running bond brick pattern that is used almost universally today. The house replaced a two-story frame rectory built in the 1880s. |
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 Catoctin Presbyterian Church
This church replaces one built in 1814 that burned in 1878. Presbyterians rebuilt in 1882, using a mix of bricks salvaged from the original church as well as new ones. The difference in bricks is best seen on the side elevations. The church reflects the popularity of the Gothic style in the 19th century, especially for churches. The side elevations have buttresses between pairs of lancet windows. The façade has three lancet windows surmounted by the customary rose window. Another rose window is located at the rear of the church. The education wing at the rear was built in 1950. |
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 Waterford Baptist Church
The Baptist congregation constructed this brick church around 1853. The Greek Revival style contrasts nicely with the Gothic Revival church across Patrick Street. Where the Gothic emphasizes verticality and decoration, the Greek features simplicity. The only decoration on the sides is the mousetooth cornice, seen on many Waterford homes. The front façade has a distyle in antis portico sheltering three simply framed doorways. In August 1862 that portico sheltered a small Union force during a bloody skirmish that nearly destroyed the building. The Loudoun Rangers, who had been using the church as a barracks, were surprised at dawn by a superior force of Confederate cavalry and, after a brief siege, were forced to surrender. The damaged building did not reopen for services until 1876. |
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