Palatinate Germans, called Dutch from the translation of Deutsch, migrated south from Pennsylvania to Berkeley Springs. In 1777, lots 1 and 2 of the original town plat were set aside by the trustees for a German church and two other houses, though there is no indication that any structures were built. The burial ground was variously known as the Dutch, German, or Lutheran Cemetery. Dr. Samuel Crawford, accused of poisoning and lynched in 1876, was buried there, and in 1888 his ghost was reportedly seen standing over his grave. In 1995, the Foxglove Garden Club restored the cemetery and dedicated the graves of three Revolutionary War soldiers: Solomon Smith, Frederick Duckwall, and Frederick Duckwall Jr. The surrounding area also reflects the history of the original town plat: Bath District High School was built in 1918 on the grounds of Mt. Wesley Academy; an Italianate Victorian house was built in 1875 by Dr. John Hunter for his family; land at the southeast side of the intersection included lots once partly owned by Daniel of St. Thomas Jennifer, a friend of George Washington and signer of the U.S. Constitution from Maryland, and the house on one lot saw a rare Civil War encounter in 1864 before being bought in 1867 by writer and illustrator David Hunter Strother, known as Porte Crayon. Northwest of the cemetery, an English Tudor stone structure was built in 1939 after the razing of Warner Washington's 19th century summer cottage on grounds that included one lot originally purchased by Samuel Washington. The square north of the cemetery contained four original lots, one owned by George Washington's cousin Henry Whiting, and was assembled in 1872 by Judge John Wright, a Lincoln appointee to the U.S. Court of Appeals, for his Italianate Wisteria Cottage before the land was subdivided in 1907 and bungalows were added in 1913 and 1920.
