John Herbert Quick House — also known as "Coolfont Manner House" — is a historic home located near

Berkeley Springs Berkeley Springs is a town in, and the county seat of, Morgan County, West Virginia, United States, in the state's Eastern Panhandle. "Berkeley Springs" is also commonly used to refer to the area in and around the Town of Bath. In 1776, the Virg ...

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, US. It was built in 1913, and is a large -story mansion in the

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style. The front facade is two stories and features a pediment, with a one-story rounded

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topped by a

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. It was built by author

John Herbert Quick John Herbert Quick (October 23, 1861 – May 10, 1925) was an American writer and politician. Biography Born October 23, 1861, near Steamboat Rock, Grundy County, Iowa, to Martin and Margaret Coleman Quick, he was afflicted with polio as a chi ...

(1861-1925). In 1961 the house and about 1200 surrounding acres were acquired by businessman Sam Ashelman, who went on to establish a hotel called the Coolfont Resort in 1965. The property, including the house, was sold to a real estate developer in 2005. In 2017 the house sold to an unnamed bidder for $225,000 as part of an auction of the entire former resort property."Former Coolfont resort sold at auction"
'' Martinsburg Journal'', June 22, 2016. The house was listed on the

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in 1984. It was called Coolfont Manner House after the springs of the same name.

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