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Weaver's Cottage This two-story stone and log house is the only one still standing on Water Street. It exemplifies housing for less affluent individuals in the early 19th century; many builders continued to use log and stone as a cheaper alternative to brick or frame construction. Its earliest known owner was Elizabeth Gore (c.1772-c.1848), who in 1818 bought what was probably a vacant lot. She sold the property in 1849 to a weaver from Germany. In the mid-1850s William Robinson (born c.1821), a free African-American, purchased the house; it remained in his family for close to a century. Two additional dwellings owned by African-American families stood to the right of the Weaver's Cottage until the late 1800s.   Moxley Hall Lewis V. Shuey (1832-1911) erected this house in the 1860s after returning from the California gold fields. He eventually sold the farm to the Mock family, who named it Moxley Hall and lived here for more than 40 years. The house has a center-passage plan with interior end chimneys and a service wing to the rear.

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