Kern's Fort

Kern's Fort
Location 305 Dewey St., Morgantown, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°37′31″N 79°56′59″W / 39.62528°N 79.94972°W / 39.62528; -79.94972Coordinates: 39°37′31″N 79°56′59″W / 39.62528°N 79.94972°W / 39.62528; -79.94972
Area less than one acre
Built 1772
Architect Kerns, Michael
Architectural style Colonial, Other, Log House
NRHP reference # 93000225[1]
Added to NRHP April 9, 1993

Kern's Fort, also known as Michael Kern's Cabin, is a historic home located at Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It is a one-story log house built in 1772. It is built of chestnut logs and covered with wood clapboards. Attached to the rear is a 19th-century frame addition. It was built by Michael Kern, perhaps, the first permanent settler of what is now Morgantown. When Lord Dunmore's War started in 1774, Kern built a stockaded fort around his cabin.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. It is located in the Greenmont Historic District, listed in 2005.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Pamela Ball Redmond (September 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Kern's Fort" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-18.


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