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.
2 photos at Historic American Buildings Survey