Adam Kurtz House

{{short description|Historic house in Virginia, United States}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Adam Kurtz House

| nrhp_type = nrhp

| designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register

| designated_other1_date = December 16, 1975{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|accessdate=19 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|archive-date=2013-09-21|url-status=dead|df=}}

| designated_other1_number = 138-0025

| designated_other1_num_position = bottom

| image = Adam Kurtz House 1.jpg

| caption = Adam Kurtz House, May 2016

| location = NE corner of Braddock and Cork Sts., Winchester, Virginia

| coordinates = {{coord|39|10|56|N|78|10|5|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Virginia#USA

| built = c. {{Start date|1757}}

| added = May 17, 1976

| area = less than one acre

| refnum = 76002233{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

| nrhp_type2 = cp

| nocat = yes

| designated_nrhp_type2 = March 4, 1980

| partof = Winchester Historic District

| partof_refnum = 80004318

}}

Adam Kurtz House, also known as Washington's Headquarters, is a historic home located at Winchester, Virginia. It was built about 1755, and is of hewn-log construction. It consists of three rooms, with the westernmost room having two of its three exterior walls of stone construction. It sits on a rubble limestone foundation.{{cite web|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Winchester/138-0025_Kurtz,_Adam,_House_1976_Final_Nomination.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Adam Kurtz House|author=Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff|date=November 1975|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|access-date=2014-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927062524/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Winchester/138-0025_Kurtz,_Adam,_House_1976_Final_Nomination.pdf|archive-date=2012-09-27|url-status=dead}} and [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Winchester/WashHeadquarters_photo.htm Accompanying photo]

The house served as George Washington's headquarters while he was supervising the construction of Fort Loudoun from the fall of 1755 until he moved into the fort in December 1756.{{cite web|title=George Washington's Office|url=http://winchesterhistory.org/george-washingtons-office/|website=winchesterhistory.org|publisher=Winchester Frederick County Historical Society|accessdate=27 July 2017}}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It is located in the Winchester Historic District.