Kerr Place
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Ker Place | |
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Entrance to Kerr Place, April 2013 | |
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| Location | NE corner of Crockett Ave. and Market St., Onancock, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°42′46″N 75°44′50″W / 37.71278°N 75.74722°WCoordinates: 37°42′46″N 75°44′50″W / 37.71278°N 75.74722°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1799 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP Reference # | 70000780[1] |
| VLR # | 273-0003 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | February 26, 1970 |
| Designated VLR | December 02, 1969[2] |
Ker Place, also known as Kerr Place, is a historic home located at Onancock, Accomack County, Virginia. It was built in 1799, and is a two-story, five-bay rectangular Federal-style dwelling with a central projecting pedimented pavilion on both the front and rear elevations. It has a cross-gable roof and a two-story wing which originally was a one-and-a-half story kitchen connected to the house by a hyphen. In 1960, the house and two acres of land were acquired by, and made the headquarters of the Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society, which operates it as an early 19th-century historic house museum.[3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.[1] It is located in the Onancock Historic District.
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Ker Place, HABS photo
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
- ↑ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission (October 1969). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Kerr Place" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
External links
- Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society website
- Kerr Place, Crockett Avenue & Market Street, Onancock, Accomack County, VA: 2 photos at Historic American Buildings Survey
