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Kern's Fort

Coordinates: 39°37′31″N 79°56′59″W / 39.62528°N 79.94972°W / 39.62528; -79.94972
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Kern's Fort
Kern's Fort is located in West Virginia
Kern's Fort
Kern's Fort is located in the United States
Kern's Fort
Location305 Dewey St.,
Morgantown, West Virginia
Coordinates39°37′31″N 79°56′59″W / 39.62528°N 79.94972°W / 39.62528; -79.94972
Arealess than one acre
Built1772
ArchitectMichael Kerns
Architectural styleColonial, Log House
NRHP reference No.93000225[1]
Added to NRHPApril 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

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  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.