Newcomer Mansion

Historic house in West Virginia, United States

United States historic place


Newcomer Mansion
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


39°25′13″N 77°56′17″W / 39.42028°N 77.93806°W / 39.42028; -77.93806
Area	1.4 acres (0.57 ha)
Built	1820
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	06000170 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 22, 2006

Newcomer Mansion is a historic home located near Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It was built about 1820 and consists of a 2+1⁄2-story, three-bay, Federal-style brick house with a two-story, two bay by one bay log house appended. The main section measures 33 feet by 36 feet. Also on the property is a contributing garage (1940). It was built by Jacob Newcomer, a son of Christian Newcomer (1749–1830), one of the founders of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ denomination.^[2]

In conjunction with a Section 106 study associated with improvements to Route 9, Newcomer Mansion was determined eligible for the National Register by the West Virginia State Historic Preservation Officer on August 7, 1997; this Determination of Eligibility was affirmed by the Keeper of the National Register on July 24, 1998.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ David L. Taylor (July 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Newcomer Mansion" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
^ "Newcomer Mansion - West Virginia Division of Culture and History" (PDF).