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Adaland graces West Fork backcountry

Barn near Vandalia, WV, Lewis County, Monongahela Valley Region

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.

Stores in Jane Lew, WV, Lewis County, Monongahela Valley Region

Field near Ireland, WV, Lewis County, Monongahela Valley Region

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