| Nocat | yes |
|---|---|
| Designated other 1 | Virginia Landmarks Register |
| Designated other1 date | December 02, 1969[1] |
| Designated other1 number | 273-0003 |
| Location | NE corner of Crockett Ave. and Market St., Onancock, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37°42′46″N 75°44′50″W |
| Locmapin | Virginia#USA |
| Built | 1799 |
| Architecture | Federal |
| Added | February 26, 1970 |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Refnum | 70000780[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.[2] It is located in the Onancock Historic District.
References
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
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- ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission (October 1969). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Kerr Place". Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1938). The Ocean Highway: New Brunswick, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida. Works Progress Administration. p. 71.