Claymont Court

Claymont Court is a Georgian-style brick mansion that's located near Charles Town in West Virginia, USA. In 1974 John G. Bennett purchased Claymont to create an intentional community — both a non-profit educational organization and a community. The property is currently used as a retreat center by the Claymont Society for Continuous Education. The current 'Big House' was built in 1840 for Bushrod Corbin Washington, nephew of Supreme Court justice Bushrod Washington and grand-nephew of George Washington, to replace the 1820 main house on his plantation that burned in 1838.