NE corner of Braddock and Cork Sts., Winchester (Independent City), Virginia. County/parish: Winchester.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 17, 1976. NRIS 76002233.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
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.
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.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It is located in the Winchester Historic District.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41684152