Ker Place, sometimes spelled 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 1+1⁄2-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]
Ker Place | |
Entrance to Ker Place, April 2013 | |
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°W |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Built | 1799 |
Architectural style | Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 70000780[1] |
VLR No. | 273-0003 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | February 26, 1970 |
Designated VLR | December 02, 1969[2] |
The first owner was John Shepherd Ker, a native of Accomack County, Virginia, son of Edward Ker, a native of Cessford, Scotland and Margaret Shepherd, from Northampton County, Virginia.[4] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.[1] It is located in the Onancock Historic District.
Gallery
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Ker Place, HABS photo
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
- ^ 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
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1938). The Ocean Highway: New Brunswick, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida. Works Progress Administration. p. 71.
External links
edit- Ker Place — Shore History website
- Kerr Place, Crockett Avenue & Market Street, Onancock, Accomack County, VA: 2 photos at Historic American Buildings Survey