Colver-Rogers Farmstead

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Colver-Rogers Farmstead
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The farm building in September 2014
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LocationEast of State Route 1011 at Township 159, north of Jefferson, Morgan Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°56′29″N80°03′41″W / 39.94139°N 80.06139°W / 39.94139; -80.06139
Area11 acres (4.5 ha)
Built1830, c. 1906
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 03001191 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 21, 2003

Colver-Rogers Farmstead, also known as the Norval P. Rogers building, is a historic building located at Morgan Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania. The original section was built in 1830, and is a two-story, stone dwelling, with a two-story stone wing, in a vernacular Greek Revival-style. The building was modified about 1906, with the addition of a gambrel roof and rambling porch with Colonial Revival-style design elements. Also on the property is a bank barn (c. 1880) and large wash house (c. 1906). [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. [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 2012-02-11.Note: This includes Terry A Neccaia (April 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Colver-Rogers Farmstead: Part 1" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-09. and Terry A Neccaia (April 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Colver-Rogers Farmstead: Part 2" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-09.