Blakeley (West Virginia)

Blakeley
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Charles Town, West Virginia
Coordinates	39°15′36″N 77°54′25″W / 39.26000°N 77.90694°W / 39.26000; -77.90694
Built	1820
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Federal
NRHP reference No.	82004319[1]
Added to NRHP	April 15, 1982

Blakeley, near Charles Town, West Virginia is also known as the Washington - Chew - Funkhouser House, and was built in 1820 by John Augustine Washington II, great-nephew of George Washington and grandson of John Augustine Washington. It is a contemporary of its neighbor, Claymont Court, built across Bullskin Run by John's brother, Bushrod Corbin Washington. John Washington did not attempt to match the grandeur of Claymont Court, as he was in line to inherit Mount Vernon, and did so in 1829.