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Morris Rees III House

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Built
  
c. 1805

Area
  
13 ha

Added to NRHP
  
8 January 2003

NRHP Reference #
  
02001681

Architectural style
  
Federal architecture

Morris Rees III House

Location
  
WV 24, 0.2 mi (0.32 km) south of WV 51, near Gerrardstown, West Virginia

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).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

References

Morris Rees III House Wikipedia