Traveller's Rest (Kearneysville, West Virginia)
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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.
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Bowers Road,
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N 39.388138888889 ° | E -77.901194444444 ° |
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Bowers Road
Bowers Road
25430
West Virginia, United States
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