Kerr Place

	Ker Place
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
	Virginia Landmarks Register
	Entrance to Kerr Place, April 2013
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Location	NE corner of Crockett Ave. and Market St., Onancock, Virginia
Coordinates	37°42′46″N 75°44′50″W / 37.71278°N 75.74722°WCoordinates: 37°42′46″N 75°44′50″W / 37.71278°N 75.74722°W
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1799
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	70000780
VLR No.	273-0003
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	February 26, 1970
Designated VLR	December 02, 1969

Ker Place, also known as 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.

Gallery[]

Ker Place, HABS photo

References[]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
^ 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
^ Federal Writers' Project (1938). The Ocean Highway: New Brunswick, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida. Works Progress Administration. p. 71.

External links[]

Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society website
Kerr Place, Crockett Avenue & Market Street, Onancock, Accomack County, VA: 2 photos at Historic American Buildings Survey

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[VLR_list-2] "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.

[dhr-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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Ker Place
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Virginia Landmarks Register

Entrance to Kerr Place, April 2013
Show map of VirginiaShow map of the United StatesShow all
Location	NE corner of Crockett Ave. and Market St., Onancock, Virginia
Coordinates	37°42′46″N 75°44′50″W / 37.71278°N 75.74722°W / 37.71278; -75.74722Coordinates: 37°42′46″N 75°44′50″W / 37.71278°N 75.74722°W / 37.71278; -75.74722
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1799 (1799)
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	70000780^[1]
VLR No.	273-0003
Added to NRHP	February 26, 1970
Designated VLR	December 02, 1969^[2]