Enoch Roberts House

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Enoch Roberts House
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Enoch Roberts House, September 2012
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Location1226 W. Broad St.,
Quakertown, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°26′32″N75°21′7″W / 40.44222°N 75.35194°W / 40.44222; -75.35194
Area0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built1814
Architectural styleEarly Republic, Late Georgian
NRHP reference No. 86000856 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 24, 1986

Enoch Roberts House, also known as the Trainer Mansion, is a historic home located at Quakertown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1814, and is a 2+12-story, five-bay, plastered fieldstone dwelling in a vernacular Georgian style. It has an original stone rear kitchen ell. It has a gable roof with dormers added in the 1830s and a semi-circular entrance portico added in the 1940s. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [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 July 21, 2007. Retrieved October 7, 2012.Note: This includes Kathryn Ann Auerbach and Daniel Soliday (January 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Enoch Roberts House" (PDF). Retrieved October 7, 2012.