Sloat-Horn-Rossell House

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Sloat-Horn-Rossell House
Location234 Fairfax St., Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°37′37″N78°13′34″W / 39.62694°N 78.22611°W / 39.62694; -78.22611
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1879
ArchitectHunter, John W. & J. D.
Architectural styleSecond Empire
NRHP reference No. 84003643 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 23, 1984

Sloat-Horn-Rossell House, also known as "The Manor," is a historic home located at Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, West Virginia. It was built in 1879, and is a large two-story Second Empire style dwelling with board-and-batten siding. It is roughly L-shaped consisting of a roughly square main unit and a smaller rectangular kitchen and servant quarter extension. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1] It is located within the Town of Bath Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Michael Gioulis (March 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Sloat-Horn-Rossell House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-02.