Berryville

Berryville. Our County Seat. , Initially known as "Battletown" for the Saturday night brawls that took place at the local inns, the town of Berryville was officially chartered in 1798 and named for Benjamin Berry, a local businessman. The new town became the county seat when Clarke County was formed in 1836., In 1987, Berryville was listed on the Virginia Landmark's Register and the National Register of Historic Places. 314 buildings have been identified as contributing historical resources. In 1992, Berryville was accepted into the Virginia Main Street Program, created by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, to preserve, revitalize and promote downtown commercial centers in small towns throughout the United States., The Barns of Rose Hill , Today, two old dairy barns across the street in Rose Hill Park are being restored and renovated to become a community cultural arts center., [Captions:] , This is an early-20th-century postcard of the Clarke County Courthouse constructed in 1836., George Washington kept an office in Berryville in the late 1740s when he served as survey for Lord Fairfax., An artist's rendition of the Barns of Rose Hill before renovation. (Painting by Edward Cooper), The Berryville Cornet Bands, 1902