Amos Palmer House | |
Location | Township Line Rd., Lower Makefield Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°12′44″N74°52′53″W / 40.21222°N 74.88139°W |
Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
Built | c. 1760, c. 1810, c. 1870, c. 1900, c. 1940-1980 |
Architectural style | Georgian |
NRHP reference No. | 88002661 [1] |
Added to NRHP | November 18, 1988 |
Amos Palmer House is a historic farmhouse located in Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The original section was built about 1760, and is a two-story, double pile brick structure on a stone foundation. The house subsequently had four additions: a 2+1⁄2-story, single pile stone structure built about 1810; a 1+1⁄2-story, stone and rubble structure and frame shed roofed kitchen added about 1870; a two-story, frame kitchen addition built about 1900; and a small frame shed dated between about 1940 and 1980. The house is in the Georgian style. [2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1]
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