On site of Fort Shepherd is this mansion, built in 1798 by Moses Shepherd and known as Shepherd Hall. Among its guests were Lafayette, James K. Polk, Andrew Jackson, and Henry Clay. Clay's support brought National Pike here.

Marker is at the intersection of Wheeling and Elm Grove Boulevard (West Virginia Route 88) and National Road (U.S. 40), on the left when traveling west on Wheeling and Elm Grove Boulevard.

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