Adam Kurtz House | |
Location | NE corner of Braddock and Cork Sts., Winchester, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 39°10′56″N 78°10′5″W / 39.18222°N 78.16806°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | c. 1757 |
Part of | Winchester Historic District ( ID80004318) |
NRHP reference No. | 76002233 [1] |
VLR No. | 138-0025 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | May 17, 1976 |
Designated CP | March 4, 1980 |
Designated VLR | December 16, 1975 [2] |
Adam Kurtz House, also known as Washington's Headquarters, is a historic home located at Winchester, Virginia. It was built about 1755, and is of hewn-log construction. It consists of three rooms, with the westernmost room having two of its three exterior walls of stone construction. It sits on a rubble limestone foundation. [3]
The house served as George Washington's headquarters while he was supervising the construction of Fort Loudoun from the fall of 1755 until he moved into the fort in December 1756. [4]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [1] It is located in the Winchester Historic District.