General Adam Stephen House
WV - Martinsburg, West Virginia, USA
309 E John St, Martinsburg, WV 25401, USA
MUSEUM
VISITOR INFORMATION
TICKET REQUIRED
Open on a limited seasonal schedule and for selected programs. Confirm current hours, tour availability and admission arrangements with the City of Martinsburg before visiting.
FREE PUBLIC PARKING
This operates as a historic house museum, though current hours and admission details are not published online; it is worth confirming directly before visiting.
PUBLIC RESTROOMS
SITE FEATURES
Surviving Structures
Spring-autumn outings, holiday weekends and advertised programmes may add demand (Virginia regional inference). Site-specific peak months unconfirmed.
May-June or September-October for a confirmed house tour and Martinsburg walks. Check the current staffed season and available tour days before travelling.
HISTORIC SITES NEARBY
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WHO WAS HERE
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Adam Stephen
About General Adam Stephen House
Stephen was born in Scotland. He was trained as a physician in Edinburg but functioned best as a soldier beginning with the Virginia militia. During the French and Indian War he served as a colonel and second in command to George Washington. He was at Fort Necessity when Washington was forced to surrender. In 1761 he ran against his former commander for a seat in the Virginia House of Burgesses. Washington won the election by a wide margin.
Adam Stephen’s original 1770s limestone house survives as a museum in Martinsburg. The restored mansion, furnished rooms, collections, gardens, archaeological resources, and nearby reconstructed or conserved outbuildings are maintained by the local historical society within a wooded property overlooking Tuscarora Creek.
History happened here at General Adam Stephen House
When the American Revolutionary War broke out, Stephen offered his services to the Continental Army, again serving under Washington. He was with the army during the New York and New Jersey campaigns of 1776 and early 1777, and as a major general he was given command of a division in Washington's army during the defense of Philadelphia.
In the October 1777 Battle of Germantown, Stephen's men fought in the fog with troops led by General Anthony Wayne. Stephen was accused of being drunk during the battle, and after being convicted in a court martial, he was stripped of his command and cashiered out of the army, making him the only Continental Army general court-martialed and immediately dismissed from the service during the war.
PEOPLE WHO LIVED HERE
Adam Stephen
PEOPLE WHO DIED HERE
PEOPLE AT REST HERE
EXTERNAL LINKS
Adam Stephen House, City of Martinsburg: https://www.cityofmartinsburg.org/about-us/general-adam-stephen-house
Adam Stephen House marker, HMDB: https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=132404
Adam Stephen House, Washington Heritage Trail: https://washingtonheritagetrail.com/berkeley-county/adam-stephen-house/
Adam Stephen House National Register record, NPS: https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/70000650
West Virginia historic property documentation: https://wvculture.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Adam-stephen-house.pdf
Accessed 2026-09-29