Kern's Fort
Kern's Fort | |
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39°37′31″N 79°56′59″W / 39.62528°N 79.94972°W / 39.62528; -79.94972 | |
Area | less than one acre |
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Built | 1772 |
Architect | Michael Kerns |
Architectural style | Colonial, Log House |
NRHP reference No. | 93000225[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 9, 1993 |
Kern's Fort, also known as Michael Kern's Cabin, is a historic home located at Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It is a one-story log house built in 1772. It is built of chestnut logs and covered with wood clapboards. Attached to the rear is a 19th-century frame addition. It was built by Michael Kern, perhaps, the first permanent settler of what is now Morgantown. When Lord Dunmore's War started in 1774, Kern built a stockaded fort around his cabin.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. It is located in the Greenmont Historic District, listed in 2005.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Pamela Ball Redmond (September 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Kern's Fort" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
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