Francis Kotz Farm

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Francis Kotz Farm
Location27625 WV 55, near Wardensville, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°4′39″N78°36′16″W / 39.07750°N 78.60444°W / 39.07750; -78.60444 Coordinates: 39°4′39″N78°36′16″W / 39.07750°N 78.60444°W / 39.07750; -78.60444
Area150 acres (61 ha)
ArchitectFrancis "Franz" Kotz
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 08001237 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 22, 2008

Francis Kotz Farm, also known as The Kotz Place, is a historic home located near Wardensville, Hardy County, West Virginia. The house was built about 1860, and is a two-story, four-room Greek Revival style brick house, with side gable roof. A two-story addition was built about 1875. The house sits on a stone foundation. Also on the property is a three-story frame building built as the original Kotz family home in the 1850s. It also housed a wood-working shop. The contributing barn was built about 1865. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. James H., Carrollyn O.; Brian C. Kotz; Jane Rissler (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Francis Kotz Farm" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-03.