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Adam Kurtz House, also known as Washington's Headquarters, is a historic home located at
Winchester, Virginia Winchester is the most north western independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is the county seat of Frederick County, although the two are separate jurisdictions. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Winchester wit ...
. It was built about 1755, and is of hewn-log construction. It consists of three rooms, with the westernmost room having two of its three exterior walls of stone construction. It sits on a rubble
limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...
foundation. an
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George Washington George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of th ...
's headquarters while he was supervising the construction of Fort Loudoun from the fall of 1755 until he moved into the fort in December 1756. It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1976. It is located in the Winchester Historic District.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Winchester, Virginia __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Winchester, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of ...


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Adam Kurtz House, South Braddock & West Cork Streets, Winchester, Winchester, VA
12 data pages at
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Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Houses completed in 1757 Houses in Winchester, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Winchester, Virginia Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Virginia {{WinchesterVA-NRHP-stub