Valentia is a historic home located at Hagerstown, Washington County,

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. It is a large -story L-shaped stone farmhouse, facing south overlooking

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. The house features a flat-roofed, one-story porch covers the south door and flanking windows and is supported by four Doric columns resting on stone piers. Also on the property is a small tenant house and Miller's House, constructed of the same stone as the main house. It was listed on the

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in 1974.

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*, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Houses in Hagerstown, Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Maryland {{WashingtonCountyMD-NRHP-stub