FRONT ROYAL — Warren County lost a significant piece of history early Sunday morning when the McKay House was partially destroyed by fire.

Patrick Farris, executive director of the Warren Heritage Society, said Tuesday that the structure was built by Robert McKay Jr., possibly the first settler in Warren County, between 1731 and 1734.

“It’s not only the oldest surviving structure in Warren County, it’s easily one of the very first structures ever built in what is now Warren County,” Farris said. “It is one of a handful of structures that are of this age that survived or were ever built in the entire state of Virginia, west of the Blue Ridge. About 50 percent of the house has been destroyed.”

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