Pinecrest (Elkins, West Virginia)

Pinecrest
Location Kerens Hill, Elkins, West Virginia
Coordinates 38°55′53″N 79°51′11″W / 38.93139°N 79.85306°WCoordinates: 38°55′53″N 79°51′11″W / 38.93139°N 79.85306°W
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1892
Architectural style Shingle Style
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 79002600[1]
Added to NRHP December 11, 1979

"Pinecrest", also known as the Richard C. Kerens House and Kerens-Spears House, is a historic home located at Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia. It was built in 1892, as a summer home for Richard C. Kerens (1842 – 1916). It is a large sandstone dwelling in a modified Shingle Style. It has an asymmetrical shape with gable-fronted sections in the main portion, a hipped roof on the servants wing, and two cone-shaped tops on rounded turrets. It features a front porch that extends well beyond the exterior wall and curves along a single-story rounded projection at the east corner.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. ↑ James E. Harding (July 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Pinecrest". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-10.