Adam Fisher Homestead

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Adam Fisher Homestead
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Adam Fisher Homestead, August 2011
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LocationBrinkerton Rd. near jct. with Mt. Pleasant Rd., Mount Pleasant Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°13′9″N79°30′10″W / 40.21917°N 79.50278°W / 40.21917; -79.50278
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1837
Architectural styleFederal, Vernacular Federal
NRHP reference No. 91000230 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 28, 1991

Adam Fisher Homestead, also known as Artuso Farm, is a historic home and farm located in Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. The house was built about 1837, and is a two-story, five bay brick dwelling with a cut sandstone foundation in a vernacular Federal style. The farmstead includes the following contributing outbuildings: combination Smoke house / bake oven / coalhouse, combination summer kitchen / wash house, and cooper's shed. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-06-10.Note: This includes Ralph and Karen Artuso (November 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Adam Fisher Homestead" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-10.