Strayer-Couchman House

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Strayer-Couchman House
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LocationWarm Springs Rd. east of Martinsburg, near Martinsburg, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°26′32″N77°54′13″W / 39.44222°N 77.90361°W / 39.44222; -77.90361 Coordinates: 39°26′32″N77°54′13″W / 39.44222°N 77.90361°W / 39.44222; -77.90361
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1810
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 94001291 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 21, 1994

Strayer-Couchman House, also known as the Couchman House or Susan Couchman House, is a historic home located near Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It was built about 1850, and is a two-story, "L"-shaped, clapboard sided log house in the Greek Revival style. It has a gable roof and a one-story, one bay, period entrance porch with a flat roof. The oldest section of the rear ell was built about 1810 and connected to the main house between 1860 and 1880. [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: Strayer-Couchman House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-02.