William Wilson House (Gerrardstown, West Virginia)
William Wilson House | |
 House in 2015 | |
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| Location | WV 51, Gerrardstown, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 39°22′33″N 78°6′20″W / 39.37583°N 78.10556°W |
| Built | 1792 |
| Architect | Wilson, William |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| NRHP reference No. | 84003508[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 12, 1984 |
William Wilson House, also known as Prospect Hill and the Trammell Hollis House, is a historic home located in Gerrardstown, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It was built between 1792 and 1802, and is a large, two story brick dwelling on a stone foundation in a late-Georgian style. It measures 36 feet 6 inches (11.13 m) deep and 70 feet (21 m) wide and consists of a three-bay central block with a four-bay side wing. The interior features a mural by Baltimore artist Olive Verna Rogers painted in 1936. The property includes four brick outbuildings dated as far back as the 1850s: a kitchen, spring house, privy, and the original stone dwelling house.[2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
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Trammell Hollis House from HABS -
Former slave quarters -
2015
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Frances D. Ruth (November 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: William Wilson House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
External links
[edit]- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. WV-153, "Trammell Hollis House, Gerrardstown, Berkeley County, WV", 5 photos, supplemental material
Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Historic American Buildings Survey in West Virginia
- Georgian architecture in West Virginia
- Houses completed in 1792
- Houses in Berkeley County, West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Berkeley County, West Virginia
- Slave cabins and quarters in the United States
- Berkeley County, West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs