Morris Rees III House

Morris Rees III House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	WV 24, 0.2 mi (0.32 km) south of WV 51, near Gerrardstown, West Virginia
Coordinates:	37°43′54″N 78°18′13″W / 37.73167°N 78.30361°W / 37.73167; -78.30361Coordinates: 37°43′54″N 78°18′13″W / 37.73167°N 78.30361°W / 37.73167; -78.30361
Area:	33.1 acres (13.4 ha)
Built:	c. 1805
Architectural style:	Federal
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	02001681 [1]
Added to NRHP:	January 8, 2003

Morris Rees III House, also known as George McKown House and Springvale, is a historic home located near Gerrardstown, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It was built about 1805 and is a two story, three bay, gable roofed stone house in the Federal style. It sits on a cut stone foundation and features a one story, one bay portico supported by Tuscan order columns. The portch was built about 1980 and is a replica of the original. Also on the property are a frame kitchen / living quarters (c. 1850), a frame stable (c. 1900), a barn (c. 1890), tractor shed (c. 1900), a stone spring house (c. 1805), a cinder block garage (c. 1950), and a metal grain bin (c. 1909).^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ Geoffrey B. Henry and Jared N. Tuk (June 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Morris Rees III House". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/berkeley/02001681.pdf. Retrieved 2011-06-02.