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Taggart Hall

Coordinates: 39°20′28″N 78°45′25″W / 39.341148°N 78.757069°W / 39.341148; -78.757069
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Taggart Hall
Front elevation of a two-story wooden house along South High Street in Romney
Front elevation along South High Street in Romney
Taggart Hall is located in Romney, West Virginia
Taggart Hall
Taggart Hall
Taggart Hall is located in Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
Taggart Hall
Taggart Hall
Taggart Hall is located in West Virginia
Taggart Hall
Taggart Hall
Taggart Hall is located in the United States
Taggart Hall
Taggart Hall
General information
TypeMuseum
Address91 South High Street
(West Gravel Lane &
South High Street)
Town or cityRomney, West Virginia
CountryUnited States
Coordinates39°20′28″N 78°45′25″W / 39.341148°N 78.757069°W / 39.341148; -78.757069
Completedc. 1790s
OwnerFrances Taggart (Tygart)
Fort Mill Ridge Foundation
Hampshire County Visitors Bureau
Hampshire County Chamber of Commerce

Taggart Hall is a late 18th-century residence that houses the Fort Mill Ridge Foundation and its Fort Mill Ridge Civil War Trenches museum. It is at 91 South High Street, Romney, West Virginia. Next to Taggart Hall on Gravel Lane is Romney's oldest structure, the Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House (c. 1760).

Frances Taggart (Tygart), a Quaker, constructed Taggart Hall in the 1790s on a lot at the corner of High Street and Gravel Lane laid out in the original 1762 Romney survey conducted on behalf of Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron. Taggart Hall was initially built as a clapboard "half-house". The original eighteenth-century structure was expanded to accommodate the Fort Mill Ridge Foundation.

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