Built c. 1860 (1860) VLR # 132-0013 Opened 1860 Added to NRHP 23 February 1972 | NRHP Reference # 72001530 Designated VLR November 16, 1971 Area 4 ha | |
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Location Sears Hill Rd. in Woodrow Wilson City Park, Staunton, Virginia Similar Blue Ridge Mountains, Woodrow Wilson President, Staunton National Cemetery, Frontier Culture Museum | ||
Sears House is a historic home located at Staunton, Virginia. It was built about 1860, and is a 1 1/2-story, frame dwelling representative of a small "bracketed cottage" popularized by Andrew Jackson Downing. It is sheathed with board-and-batten and is covered with a cross-gable roof. It features long, shallow-scrolled roof brackets, a three-bay arcaded front porch, and a three-story octagonal-ended tower covered by a shallow hipped roof with dentiled cornice. It was the home of Dr. Barnas Sears (1802-1880), a prominent educator, who owned and occupied the house from 1867 until his death.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
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