Lick Run Plantation

Lick Run Plantation is a historic residential and agricultural complex in Bedington, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It is not documented in the supplied references as a commercial brand, operating company, or consumer-facing product line; rather, the name identifies a historic property and its associated buildings. The complex originated after Peter Light acquired the property in 1770. Its principal surviving elements include a two-story stone dwelling, a stone kitchen, and a stone barn and corn crib. The property also contains an earlier log house, constructed before 1770, and the stone Bedinger Mill, which dates to approximately 1816. These buildings collectively reflect the development of an early agricultural settlement and milling operation in the region. Lick Run Plantation was listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1984. The available reference material does not establish a current operating owner, public visitor program, website, commercial activity, or active organizational structure. Accordingly, the property is best treated as a historic site rather than a conventional brand. Its significance lies in the survival of a group of domestic, agricultural, and industrial structures associated with early settlement in Berkeley County and in the architectural and historical record preserved through its National Register listing.

Lick Run Plantation is a historic property in Bedington, Berkeley County, West Virginia. The available historical record places the beginning of the principal plantation complex after Peter Light purchased the property in 1770. The site contains evidence of several phases of settlement and land use rather than a single-period building campaign. A log house on the property predates 1770, indicating that occupation began before Light's purchase. The later complex includes a substantial two-story stone dwelling, a separate stone kitchen, and agricultural buildings consisting of a stone barn and corn crib. Together, these structures document the domestic and farm-related functions of an early rural estate in the area. The property also includes the stone Bedinger Mill. The mill building was constructed around 1816, representing a later phase in the site's development and adding a processing or industrial function to the domestic and agricultural ensemble. The surviving buildings therefore encompass residential, food-preparation, storage, farming, and milling uses. The combination of structures is important because it preserves more than an isolated historic house: it illustrates how a rural property operated across successive periods of settlement. The name Lick Run Plantation identifies the historic complex rather than a documented incorporated business or modern consumer brand. The supplied references do not identify a founder in the corporate sense, a current operating entity, a commercial product range, or a present-day marketing program. They likewise do not provide a current owner, public-access schedule, or dedicated official website. The property's documented importance is architectural and historical, particularly in relation to early development in Berkeley County and the preservation of associated outbuildings. In 1984, Lick Run Plantation was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. That designation formally recognized the historic significance of the dwelling, outbuildings, earlier log house, and mill as a related historic resource. No later milestones, restoration campaigns, controversies, or management decisions are identified in the supplied material. The site's present operational status is therefore left unknown, although its National Register listing establishes it as a recognized historic property.

• 1984

  Added to the National Register of Historic Places

  [1]Lick Run Plantationen.wikipedia.org

  Lick Run Plantation received recognition through listing on the United States National Register of Historic Places.

• 1816

  Bedinger Mill was constructed

  [1]Lick Run Plantationen.wikipedia.org

  The stone Bedinger Mill was built at approximately this time, adding a milling structure to the site's residential and agricultural buildings.

• 1770

  Peter Light acquired the property

  [1]Lick Run Plantationen.wikipedia.org

  Peter Light purchased the property, after which the principal plantation complex was developed. A log house on the site predates this acquisition.

Historic plantation and architectural site; no documented commercial brand positioning.

1. 1Lick Run Plantationen.wikipedia.org