Kerr Place

Ker Place

Entrance to Kerr Place, April 2013
Location NE corner of Crockett Ave. and Market St., Onancock, Virginia
Coordinates 37°42′46″N 75°44′50″W / 37.71278°N 75.74722°W / 37.71278; -75.74722Coordinates: 37°42′46″N 75°44′50″W / 37.71278°N 75.74722°W / 37.71278; -75.74722
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built 1799 (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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References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. ↑ 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

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