Hickory Grove

Hickory Grove (Romney, West Virginia)

Hickory Grove is a historic home located near Romney, Hampshire County, West Virginia. It was built in 1849, and is a three-story, red brick dwelling. It sits on a stone foundation and has a hipped, standing-seam metal roof with four large brick chimneys. The front facade features a Greek Revival style trabeated entrance. The north section was built in 1892, and replaced an earlier log structure.

Hickory

Hickory is a common name for trees composing the genus Carya, which includes 19 species accepted by Plants of the World Online.

hickory

Noun

1. Any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genera Carya and Annamocarya, one species of which, Carya illinoinensis, is the source of pecan nuts.
2. The wood of these trees.

grove

Noun

1. A small forest.
2. A small forest with minimal undergrowth.

Verb

1. To cultivate in groves; to grow naturally so as to form groves.
2. To cultivate with periodic harvesting that also serves to create order (gaps and lines of trees) to facilitate further harvesting.