Ker Place Explained

Ker Place
Nrhp Type:cp
Nocat:yes
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:December 02, 1969[1]
Designated Other1 Number:273-0003
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:NE corner of Crockett Ave. and Market St., Onancock, Virginia
Coordinates:37.7128°N -75.7472°W
Architecture:Federal
Added:February 26, 1970
Refnum:70000780

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 -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.[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.[3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. It is located in the Onancock Historic District.

External links

2 photos at Historic American Buildings Survey

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 2013-05-12.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Kerr Place . Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. October 1969. and Accompanying photo
  3. Book: Federal Writers' Project. The Ocean Highway: New Brunswick, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida. 1938. Works Progress Administration. 71.