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September 14, 2013

September 14, 2013

2013 Harvest Ball at Claymont

On September 14, 2013, FOHR held a Harvest Ball at the Claymont Mansion, with some one hundred attendees. Cocktails and a buffet dinner were followed by entertainment and dancing to the Martinsburg Jazz Orchestra.

Claymont is the most elaborate of the Washington plantation homes built in Jefferson County, West Virginia (then Virginia). It was built in 1820 by Bushrod Corbin Washington, grandson of George Washington’s younger brother John Augustine Washington. The house destroyed by fire in 1838 was rebuilt by Bushrod Corbin Washington in 1840 using the original walls and is the Georgian style brick Mansion that stands today. Claymont is owned by the Claymont Society for Continuous Education a non-profit educational organization.

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Katherine ("Clissy") Funkhouser entertained at the Ball with her singing of "West Viginia you are my Home" by Ms. Hazel Dirkens.
Everyone enjoyed dancing in the Clamont Ballroom
The Claymont Estate is reached from the intersection of Huyett Road and the 340 bypass, South of Charles Town.
The Martinsburg Jazz Ochestra performed in the Claymont Ballroom
Harvest Ball Floral decorations were arranged around the mansion.
A light hearted moment for Walter Washington and lady friends on the Claymont porch

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