Judge_John_W._Wright_Cottage

Judge John W. Wright Cottage

Judge John W. Wright Cottage

Historic house in West Virginia, United States

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][3]

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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]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. [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.
  3. [3]
    Chambers, S. Allen Jr. Buildings of West Virginia. Oxford University Press. p. 520. ISBN 0-19-516548-9.


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