The Strider Farm was intimately involved in events concerning the American Civil War near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Located on a small hill just south of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line from Baltimore and Washington, D.C. to Martinsburg, West Virginia, the Strider farm was a strategic location for the control of this vital link.The main house, built circa 1790 is a 2 1⁄2-story Federal style in stone masonry. It was enlarged in 1880 with a shallow addition, also in stone.