Ker Place

Historic house in Virginia, United States

United States historic place
Ker Place
U.S. Historic district
Contributing property
Virginia Landmarks Register
Entrance to Ker Place, April 2013
37°42′46″N 75°44′50″W / 37.71278°N 75.74722°W / 37.71278; -75.74722
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1799 (1799)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.70000780[1]
VLR No.273-0003
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 26, 1970
Designated VLRDecember 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, HABS photo
    Ker Place, HABS photo

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
  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
  4. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1938). The Ocean Highway: New Brunswick, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida. Works Progress Administration. p. 71.
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