Shepherdstown in Jefferson County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)

Reformed Church Parsonage

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, September 24, 2016

1. Reformed Church Parsonage Marker

Inscription. This house was acquired in 1995 by actress Mary Tyler Moore, a descendant of Conrad Shindler, and donated to the Shepherd College Foundation in honor of her father, George Tyler Moore. Between 1869 and 1995, this house served as the Reformed Church parsonage.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Religion & Religious Structures • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1995.

Location. 39° 25.879′ N, 77° 48.44′ W. Marker is in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, in Jefferson County. It is on W. German Street near Church Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 17 W German Street, Shepherdstown WV 25443, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area

and in the Eastern Panhandle.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was

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once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Trinity Episcopal Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Mary Magdalene Slagle Bedinger (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); William Lemen (about 300 feet away); Old English/Episcopal Cemetery (about 400 feet away); Capt. William Morgan (about 400 feet away); Robert Tabb (about 400 feet away); Elizabeth Elliott Tabb (about 400 feet away); Capt. James Kerney (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Shepherdstown.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, August 27, 2017

2. Reformed Church Parsonage Marker

Reformed Church Parsonage image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 11, 2020

3. Reformed Church Parsonage

The Conrad Shindler House<br>circa 1795 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, August 27, 2017

4. The Conrad Shindler House
circa 1795

The George Tyler Moore<br>Center for the Study of the<br><b>Civil War</b> image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, August 27, 2017

5. The George Tyler Moore
Center for the Study of the
Civil War

Credits. This page was last revised on October 12, 2020. It was originally submitted on September 25, 2016, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 532 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on September 25, 2016, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. 2. submitted on August 30, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. 3. submitted on October 12, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 4, 5. submitted on August 30, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.