Peter Burr House, Vicinity of State Route 9 & Ridge Road, Shenandoah Junction, Jefferson County, WV
Summary
Significance: One of the oldest extant buildings in the state. Very rare example of early homestead of which all other examples are of stone rather than wood. Home of Peter Burr, an early settler to the area and cousin of Aaron Burr.
Survey number: HABS WV-42
Building/structure dates: ca. 1751 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1804 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Location
Shenandoah Junction, 39.37879, -77.84555
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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