William Wilson House (Gerrardstown, West Virginia)

William Wilson House
Trammell Hollis House from HABS
Location: WV 51, Gerrardstown, West Virginia
Built: 1792
Architect: Wilson, William
Architectural style: Georgian
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#: 84003508[1]
Added to NRHP: January 12, 1984

William Wilson House, also known as Prospect Hill and the Trammell Hollis House, is a historic home located in Gerrardstown, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It was built between 1792 and 1802, and is a large, two story brick dwelling on a stone foundation in a late-Georgian style. It measures 36 1/2 feet deep and 70 feet wide and consists of a three bay central block with a four bay side wing. The interior features a mural by Baltimore artist Olive Verna Rogers painted in 1936. The property includes four brick outbuildings dated as far back as the 1850s: a kitchen, spring house, privy, and the original stone dwelling house.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ Frances D. Ruth (November 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: William Wilson House". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/berkeley/84003508.pdf. Retrieved 2011-06-02. 

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