Ker Place, sometimes spelled Kerr Place, is a historic home located at

Onancock Onancock ( ) is a town in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,263 at the 2010 census. History According to a nearby Virginia state highway marker, Onancock was founded in 1680. A courthouse was established some years ...

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. It was built in 1799, and is a two-story, five-bay rectangular

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-style dwelling with a central projecting pedimented pavilion on both the front and rear elevations. It has a cross-gable roof and a two-story wing which originally was a -story kitchen connected to the house by a hyphen. In 1960, the house and two acres of land were acquired by, and made the headquarters of the Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society, which operates it as an early 19th-century

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. an
Accompanying photo
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, son of Edward Ker, a native of Cessford, Scotland and Margaret Shepherd, from Northampton County, Virginia. It was added to the

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in 1970. It is located in the

Onancock Historic District Onancock Historic District is a national historic district located at Onancock, Accomack County, Virginia. The district encompasses 267 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 2 contributing objects. It includes most of the historic r ...

Gallery

File:Kerr Place, Crockett Avenue & Market Street, Onancock (Accomack County, Virginia).jpg, Ker Place, HABS photo

References

External links

Ker Place — Shore History websiteKerr Place, Crockett Avenue & Market Street, Onancock, Accomack County, VA
2 photos at

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