Willow Shade

Frederick County, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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Willow Shade, located near Winchester in Frederick County, Virginia, is a two-story brick dwelling built in 1851 by William Cather in the vernacular Late Greek Revival style. The rectangular structure features five bays on its front and three on its side, with a three-by-two-bay rear ell and sits upon an English basement. The house is best known as the childhood residence of author Willa Cather, who lived there from 1874 to 1883 before her family relocated to Nebraska. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990, it remains an important landmark associated with the formative years of one of American literature's most significant voices.