William Wilson House (Gerrardstown, West Virginia)
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William Wilson House | |
 House in 2015 | |
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| Location | WV 51, Gerrardstown, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 39°22′33″N 78°6′20″W / 39.37583°N 78.10556°W |
| Built | 1792 |
| Architect | Wilson, William |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| NRHP reference No. | 84003508[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 12, 1984 |
William Wilson House, also known as Prospect Hill and the Trammell Hollis House, is a historic home located in Gerrardstown, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It was built between 1792 and 1802, and is a large, two story brick dwelling on a stone foundation in a late-Georgian style. It measures 36 feet 6 inches (11.13 m) deep and 70 feet (21 m) wide and consists of a three-bay central block with a four-bay side wing. The interior features a mural by Baltimore artist Olive Verna Rogers painted in 1936. The property includes four brick outbuildings dated as far back as the 1850s: a kitchen, spring house, privy, and the original stone dwelling house.[2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
Trammell Hollis House from HABS
Former slave quarters
2015
