Peter Burr House

Infobox_nrhp | name =Peter Burr House
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nearest_city= Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 21
lat_seconds = 34
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 77
long_minutes = 51
long_seconds = 25
long_direction = W
locmapin = West Virginia
area =
built =1751
architect= Burr,Peter,II
architecture= Colonial
added = April 09, 1982cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=82004322The Peter Burr House was built between 1751 and 1755 near present-day Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia, making it one of the oldest houses in West Virginia. Burr, whose first cousin was Aaron Burr, was one of the first settlers in the area. It is the oldest surviving log-and-beam-construction house in West Virginia. The property remains in the hands of Burr's descendants. citation|title=PDFlink| [http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/jefferson/82004322.pdf National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Peter Burr House] |3480 KB|date=April 9, 1982 |author=Michael J. Pauley |publisher=National Park Service]

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* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.wv0032 Peter Burr House, Vicinity of State Route 9 & Ridge Road, Shenandoah Junction, Jefferson County, WV: 27 photographs, 2 data pages, 2 photo caption pages at Historic American Building Survey ]
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.wv0233 Peter Burr House, Springhouse, Vicinity of State Route 9 & Ridge Road, Shenandoah Junction, Jefferson County, WV: 7 photographs, 1 data page, 1 photo caption page at [Historic American Building Survey]
* [http://www.preservehistory.org/current_pburr.html The Peter Burr House Restoration]