Begun in 1870 by Augustus Modisett, Adaland, in Barbour County, is a classic Greek Revival home, notably built with the labor of emancipated slaves in the Monongahela Valley Region in northern West Virginia.
Begun in 1870 by Augustus Modisett, Adaland, in Barbour County, is a classic Greek Revival home, notably built with the labor of emancipated slaves in the Monongahela Valley Region in northern West Virginia.
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