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] |
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]
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.
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] |
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]
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.