Sears House (Staunton, Virginia)

Sears House

Northern side of the house
Location Sears Hill Rd. in Woodrow Wilson City Park, Staunton, Virginia
Coordinates 38°8′45″N 79°4′20″W / 38.14583°N 79.07222°W / 38.14583; -79.07222Coordinates: 38°8′45″N 79°4′20″W / 38.14583°N 79.07222°W / 38.14583; -79.07222
Area 9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built c. 1860 (1860)
NRHP Reference # 72001530[1]
VLR # 132-0013
Significant dates
Added to NRHP February 23, 1972
Designated VLR November 16, 1971[2]
Barnas Sears

Sears House is a historic home located at Staunton, Virginia. It was built about 1860, and is a 1 1/2-story, frame dwelling representative of a small "bracketed cottage" popularized by Andrew Jackson Downing. It is sheathed with board-and-batten and is covered with a cross-gable roof. It features long, shallow-scrolled roof brackets, a three-bay arcaded front porch, and a three-story octagonal-ended tower covered by a shallow hipped roof with dentiled cornice. It was the home of Dr. Barnas Sears (1802-1880), a prominent educator, who owned and occupied the house from 1867 until his death.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. ↑ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (August 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Sears House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
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