Rauch House

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Rauch House
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LocationOff WV 9, south of Martinsburg, near Martinsburg, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°25′20″N77°58′6″W / 39.42222°N 77.96833°W / 39.42222; -77.96833 Coordinates: 39°25′20″N77°58′6″W / 39.42222°N 77.96833°W / 39.42222; -77.96833
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1898
ArchitectRauch, Edmund David
Architectural styleGothic
NRHP reference No. 94001298 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 4, 1994

Rauch House is a historic home located near Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia, USA. It was built in 1898 and is a two-story, brick Victorian Gothic-style residence. It measures three bays wide and six bays deep and has a steeply pitched hip roof with projecting gables. Also on the property is a barn (1897), smokehouse (1898), chicken house (1898) and pen building (1899). [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. [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. Michael Gioulis and Don C. Wood (June 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Rauch House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-02.