Soldier's Rest

{{short description|Historic house in Virginia, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Soldier's Rest

| nrhp_type =

| designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register

| designated_other1_date = March 20, 1996{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|accessdate=5 June 2013}}

| designated_other1_number = 021-0073

| designated_other1_num_position = bottom

| image = soldiers rest.jpg

| caption = Soldier's Rest

| location = .3 mi N of Fairfax Ave., approximately .5 mi. E of jct. of US 340 and VA 7, near Berryville, Virginia

| coordinates = {{coord|39|09|24|N|77|58|12|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = USA Virginia Northern#USA Virginia#USA

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-marker = building

| mapframe-zoom = 12

|mapframe-caption = Interactive map showing the location of Soldier’s Rest

| built = 1780

| architect =

| architecture = Federal

| added = May 23, 1996

| area = {{convert|22|acre}}

| refnum = 96000579{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

Soldier's Rest is a historic farmhouse located in Berryville, Clarke County, Virginia. It was constructed about 1780, pg 122 for the family of William Morton. The property was later owned, and expanded upon, by Daniel Morgan, a general in the American Revolution. The property was also owned by Col Griffin Taylor, a veteran of the War of 1812. The fact that it was owned by two soldiers gave the home the "Soldier's Rest" moniker.{{cite web|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Clarke/021-0073_Soldier%27s_Rest_1996_Final_Nomination.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Soldier's Rest |author=Maral S. Kalbian and J. Daniel Pezzoni| date=January 1996|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}} and [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Clarke/Soldier's Rest_Photos.htm Accompanying photo]

Prior to the current house being built, a smaller one stood some 200 yards away, and said to be the place where George Washington stayed when he was surveying the land here for Lord Fairfax in 1748.Howe, Henry. [https://archive.org/details/historicalcolle14howegoog/page/n261 Historical Collections of Virginia] pg 233-34

The property was acquired by Charles Paxton-Paret, a direct decedent of Capt. Daniel Johannes Goos and Capt. George Lock of Lake Charles, LA, and long time historic preservationist.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.