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Adam Kurtz House

Adam Kurtz House
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Adam Kurtz House, May 2016
Adam Kurtz House is located in Virginia
Adam Kurtz House
Adam Kurtz House is located in the US
Adam Kurtz House
Location NE corner of Braddock and Cork Sts., Winchester, Virginia
Coordinates 39°10′56″N 78°10′5″W / 39.18222°N 78.16806°W / 39.18222; -78.16806Coordinates: 39°10′56″N 78°10′5″W / 39.18222°N 78.16806°W / 39.18222; -78.16806
Area less than one acre
Built c. 1757 (1757)
Part of Winchester Historic District (#80004318)
NRHP Reference # 76002233
VLR # 138-0025
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 17, 1976
Designated CP March 4, 1980
Designated VLR December 16, 1975

Adam Kurtz House, also known as Washington's Headquarters, is a historic home located at Winchester, Virginia. It was built about 1757, 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.

The house served as George Washington's headquarters while he was supervising the construction of Fort Loudoun in 1756-57.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It is located in the Winchester Historic District.



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