Corker Hill

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Corker Hill
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Location1237 Garver Ln. Scotland, Greene Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°58′27″N77°34′51″W / 39.97417°N 77.58083°W / 39.97417; -77.58083
Area34.5 acres (14.0 ha)
Built1810
Architectural styleFederal, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 03000131 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 18, 2003

Corker Hill is a historic home and farm complex located at Greene Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The manor house was built between 1810 and 1820, and is a two-story, seven-bay, brick dwelling on a limestone foundation in the Federal style. The facade was modified about 1905, to add Colonial Revival style elements, such as a cupola and wraparound porch. Also on the property are the contributing large stone and frame Pennsylvania bank barn, stone vaulted root cellar, frame shed / chicken coop, frame carriage house / garage, small stone furnace building, wagon shed / corn crib, and frame tenant house (c. 1870). [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. [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 2012-02-04.Note: This includes Edie Wallace and Paula S. Reed (February 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Corker Hill" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-04.
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