Peter Speck House

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Peter Speck House
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Location1149 Ben Speck Rd., near Martinsburg, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°32′51″N77°58′57″W / 39.54750°N 77.98250°W / 39.54750; -77.98250 Coordinates: 39°32′51″N77°58′57″W / 39.54750°N 77.98250°W / 39.54750; -77.98250
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1814 - 1815
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No. 02001526 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 12, 2002

Peter Speck House is a historic home located near Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It was built between 1814 and 1815, and consists of a two-story, two-bay, log section with a gable roof (c. 1814) attached to a two-story, two-bay, gable-roofed stone section (c. 1815). The building dates to the Federal period. It features a one-story, hip-roof front porch added in the early 1900s. Also on the property is a fieldstone spring house (c. 1815). [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Geoffrey B. Henry and Jared N. Tuk (June 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Peter Speck House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-02.