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Peter Speck House

Coordinates: 39°32′51″N 77°58′57″W / 39.54750°N 77.98250°W / 39.54750; -77.98250
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Peter Speck House
Peter Speck House is located in West Virginia
Peter Speck House
Peter Speck House is located in the United States
Peter Speck House
Location1149 Ben Speck Rd., near Martinsburg, West Virginia
Coordinates39°32′51″N 77°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]

References

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  1. ^ a b "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.