Judge John W. Wright Cottage

Judge John W. Wright Cottage
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Judge John W. Wright Cottage, July 2011
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Location	156 S. Green St., Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
Coordinates	39°37′28″N 78°13′40″W
Area	0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built	1872
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP reference No.	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][3]

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