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Samuel Hough House
Samuel Hough-the Quaker Samuel, not the later Methodist, and another of "Old John's" grandsons-erected this dwelling between 1817 and 1820. It remained in the Hough family until the 1830s, when Israel T. Griffith lived here. By 1875, Jacob Scott, secretary of the Loudoun Mutual Fire Insurance Company, owned the house. This is one of the most elegantly embellished dwellings in Waterford, with keystone lintels, an unusual and striking cornice, and beautifully carved interior woodwork-the only house to have an interior protective easement. |
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 Catoctin Creek
Mary Ann Taylor (1797-1876) purchased this house from John Palmer in 1822/23 and lived here at least through 1875. During the 1950s the owners repaired the dilapidated house and added the wing to the south. They named it Catoctin Creek, and operated a boys' school and camp here. Beneath the stucco is brick on a stone foundation. The original section has a hall-parlor interior. |
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The Merchant House
John Spinks (c.1850-1943) of Paeonian Springs constructed this house shortly after 1906 for Charles Merchant, who had been advised to move his son from Washington, D.C., for his health. This is a typical turn-of-the-century frame dwelling, with German siding and a metal gable roof. The Victorian style front porch enlivens an otherwise simple façade.
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The Ephraim Schooley House
This house was originally constructed as two separate dwellings. They were not merged as one until 1959. The southern half was built before 1827; the northern half was added prior to 1851. The southern portion originally had a central door opening into the hall; the parlor adjoined the hall. Today those two rooms are one large room. The northern side is essentially unchanged from its two-room side-passage plan, with a passage to the left of the two rooms. Rear additions and a tiny wing on the northern end expand the living space. |
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