Traveller's Rest (Kearneysville, West Virginia)
Traveller's Rest | |
Traveller's Rest in 2013 | |
| Location | Bowers Rd., west of Kearneysville, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 39°23′17.3″N 77°54′04.3″W / 39.388139°N 77.901194°W |
| Area | 202 acres (82 ha) |
| Built | 1773 |
| Architect | Horatio Gates, John Ariss |
| NRHP reference No. | 72001288 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 15, 1972 |
| Designated NHL | November 15, 1972 |
Traveller's Rest, also known as the General Horatio Gates Home, is an historic plantation house located on Bowers Road near Kearneysville, Jefferson County, West Virginia. Built in 1773 and enlarged a few years later, it was the home of Continental Army General Horatio Gates from 1773 until 1790. The house is very little altered from that period, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1972. The house is located on private property, and is not normally open to the public.