Pinecrest (Elkins, West Virginia) Explained

Pinecrest
Location:Kerens Hill, Elkins, West Virginia
Coordinates:38.9314°N -79.8531°W
Built:1892
Architect:Peaboby & Stearns
Architecture:Shingle Style
Added:December 11, 1979
Refnum:79002600

"Pinecrest", also known as the Richard C. Kerens House and Kerens-Spears House, is a historic home located at Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia. It was built in 1892 to a design by the Boston architecture firm Peabody & Stearns as a summer home for Richard C. Kerens (1842–1916). It is a large sandstone dwelling in a modified Shingle Style. It has an asymmetrical shape with gable-fronted sections in the main portion, a hip roof on the servants wing, and two cone-shaped tops on rounded turrets. It features a front porch that extends well beyond the exterior wall and curves along a single-story rounded projection at the east corner.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Pinecrest. July 1979. 2011-09-10 . James E. Harding. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation.