Judge John W. Wright Cottage

Judge John W. Wright Cottage

Judge John W. Wright Cottage, July 2011
Location 305 S. Green St., Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°37′28″N 78°13′40″W / 39.62444°N 78.22778°W / 39.62444; -78.22778Coordinates: 39°37′28″N 78°13′40″W / 39.62444°N 78.22778°W / 39.62444; -78.22778
Area 0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built 1872
Architectural style Italianate
NRHP Reference #

86000896

[1]
Added to NRHP April 28, 1986

Judge John W. Wright Cottage, also known as "Wisteria Cottage," is a historic home located at Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, West Virginia. It was built in 1872, and is a two-story, frame residence of board-and-batten construction in the late Italianate style. It features a simple hipped roof and a three-sided Victorian-era verandah and a one-story gable-roofed kitchen wing. The house was originally built as a summer home for John W. Wright, an influential 19th-century Federal jurist and associate of Abraham Lincoln.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1] It is located within the Town of Bath Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Michael J. Pauley (January 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Judge John W. Wright Cottage" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-02.


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