# Adam Stephen House
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{{short description|Historic house in West Virginia, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=August 2025}}
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Adam Stephen House
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| image = Adam Stephen House WV1.jpg
| caption =
| location = 309 E. John St., [Martinsburg, West Virginia](/source/Martinsburg%2C_West_Virginia)
| coordinates = {{coord|39|27|16|N|77|57|39|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = West Virginia#USA
| built = 1772
| architecture =
| added = October 15, 1970
| area = {{convert|2.2|acre}}
| refnum = 70000650
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'''Adam Stephen House''' is a historic home located at [Martinsburg](/source/Martinsburg%2C_West_Virginia), [Berkeley County, West Virginia](/source/Berkeley_County%2C_West_Virginia). It was built between 1772 and 1789, and is a {{frac|2|1|2}}-story, stone house measuring 43 feet, 5 inches, by 36 feet, 3 inches. It was the home of [Adam Stephen](/source/Adam_Stephen) (c. 1718 – July 16, 1791).[{{cite web|url=https://wvculture.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Adam-stephen-house.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Adam Stephen House|date=July 1970|access-date=2011-06-02 |author=Clifford M. Lewis|publisher=State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation}}] Built of shaped limestone, it stands on a prominent stone ledge, with two outbuildings in stone and log. After falling into near-ruin, iIt was restored in the 1960s by the General Adam Stephen Memorial Association and is open as a [historic house museum](/source/historic_house_museum).[{{cite book |last1=Chambers |first1=S. Allen Jr. |title=Buildings of West Virginia |date=2004 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-516548-9 |pages=525–526}}] The house was built over a natural cave, with stone steps leading down from the basement. A local caver's organization has worked since 2002 to excavate the cave, which had become plugged with earth, and the excavation is available for tours on open house days.[{{cite news |last1=Mozier |first1=Jeanne |title=The General Adam Stephen House |url=https://www.wonderfulwv.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/Archive/Dec2014.pdf |access-date=29 April 2019 |publisher=Wonderful West Virginia |date=December 2014 |archive-date=May 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514012540/https://www.wonderfulwv.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/Archive/Dec2014.pdf |url-status=dead }}]
The site also includes the Triple Brick House, a brick two-story building built into the embankment next to the railroad tracks that run close to the site. It was built about 1875, and was primarily for residential use, but may also have been a kitchen for dining cars on the B&O railroad line.