Boydville Revisited Traditional Cache
WVKiwi: Boydville Re-Revisited (GC1Y37H) has published, so I'm putting this one to rest.
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As detailed in Boydville's Brochure:
"General Elisha Boyd, born 1769, youngest son of Sarah and John Boyd, spent his young years on the frontier of Berkeley County and attended whatever country schools were available. He studied law in the office of Col. Phillip Pendleton. He served in the House of Delegates and commanded the 4th Regiment of Virginia militia during the War of 1812.
General Boyd purchased the land for Boydville for $290 from General Adam Stephen. The building was completed in the fall of 1812 when his family moved into it. At the death of General Boyd in 1841, his daughter, Mary became the next owner, for her father willled the house and the surrounding 300 acres including three town lots to her. Mary married Charles James Faulkner I, who later purchased the property from his wife. Boydville remained in the Faulkner family until it was sold in 1958.
The house is constructed of two-feet thick stone covered with plaster. The center section of the two-story mansion consists of nine rooms and the center hall. Facing the house, the right wing consists of two rooms and a trunk room, accessible to the main house by stairs. The left wing houses the kitchen, butler's pantry and a servant's room over the kitchen. Above the kitchen door are three original bells (each of a different size and sound) which were used to call the servants. The sunroom at the end of the hall (originally a back porch) was added about 1914. The original front portico was Georgian, which was replaced by the present long front porch about 1900. Brick and stone walls enclose the service yard and what was once a beautiful, formal garden. The service yard contains the Smoke House, Washhouse and summer kitchen with a cooking fireplace, two windows and door. A well-lined limestone Ice Pit is visible from the current Gazebo."
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The cache you seek is a clear, medium sized lock and lock container. It is located near the spot of a previous, now archived cache (WVMacDaddy's Boydville Cache). It has plenty of room for travel bugs, coins and swag.
That old cache was my first milestone (find 100) and it also first introduced me to this interesting spot in downtown Martinsburg. Even though I teach very nearby, previous to that find, I had never visited Boydville's lovely grounds. It's actually quite a neat spot, so you certainly might want to allow time for a stroll around once you've found the cache.
For those not familiar with the area, the main entrance to Boydville is off Queen Street. There's a first to find pin in the cache as a prize to the cacher lucky enough to claim that title.
Please note: This cache has been placed with approval from the Farmland Protection Board and the Friends of Boydville.
Additional Hints
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"pnir"
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