Morris Rees III House

Historic house in West Virginia, United States

United States historic place


Morris Rees III House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


39°21′26″N 78°05′06″W / 39.35714°N 78.0849°W / 39.35714; -78.0849
Area	33.1 acres (13.4 ha)
Built	c. 1805
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	02001681 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	January 8, 2003

Morris Rees III House, also known as George McKown House and Springvale, is a historic home located near Gerrardstown, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It was built about 1805 and is a two-story, three-bay, gable roofed stone house in the Federal style. It sits on a cut stone foundation and features a one-story, one-bay portico supported by Tuscan order columns. The portch was built about 1980 and is a replica of the original. Also on the property are a frame kitchen / living quarters (c. 1850), a frame stable (c. 1900), a barn (c. 1890), tractor shed (c. 1900), a stone spring house (c. 1805), a cinder block garage (c. 1950), and a metal grain bin (c. 1909).^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Geoffrey B. Henry and Jared N. Tuk (June 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Morris Rees III House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-02.