{"nrhp_refnum":"76002233","name":"Kurtz, Adam, House","other_names":["Washington's Headquarters"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NE corner of Braddock and Cork Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winchester (Independent City)","county":"Winchester","state":"VA","lat":39.18249663100005,"lon":-78.16776480699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-05-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story log and stone building, also known as Washington's Headquarters, at the northeast corner of Braddock and Cork Streets in Winchester, Virginia. The center portion was probably standing by 1764, with stone and log sections added later.","why_significant":"The building is one of the oldest in Winchester and has come to symbolize the city's ties to the French and Indian War, although its links to George Washington cannot be documented. Its 1908 purchase by the city marks an early municipal effort at historic preservation. It is also an early example of non-agrarian Valley vernacular building.","narrative":"Known locally as Washington's Headquarters, this small log and stone building sits at the corner of Braddock and Cork Streets in Winchester, Virginia, in a city park. It has three rooms in a row under one slate gable roof. The center section is hewn log and was probably standing by 1764, when Thomas Rutherford lived on the lot. A stone room on the west and a round-log room on the east were added later. Local tradition links George Washington to the house as a surveying office and as a military headquarters during construction of Fort Loudoun, though later research doubts the surveying claim and none of the connections can be documented. Adam Kurtz, a veteran of Daniel Morgan's riflemen, bought it in 1778, and his family held it until the city bought it in 1908 to preserve it as a shrine. It now houses a local history museum and is valued as an early non-farm example of Valley vernacular building.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Valley vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by the City of Winchester and used as a local history museum; condition listed as good.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.599581-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/52/6841/41684152/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/76002233.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76002233/c6d6a0d559-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76002233/c6d6a0d559-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"AgnosticPreachersKid","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adam_Kurtz_House_1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">AgnosticPreachersKid</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adam_Kurtz_House_1.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"80004318","name":"Winchester Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/winchester-historic-district-80004318/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41684152","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Kurtz_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16893750"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/winchester/kurtz-adam-house-76002233/"}