Forester's Hall

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Forester's Hall
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Forest Hall, August 2011
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LocationBroad and Hartford Sts., Milford, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 41°19′21″N74°48′14″W / 41.32250°N 74.80389°W / 41.32250; -74.80389
Area0.7 acres (0.28 ha)
Built1904
ArchitectE.S. Wolfe; Hunt & Hunt
Architectural styleRenaissance, Chateauesque
NRHP reference No. 83002282 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 14, 1983

Forester's Hall, also known as Forest Hall, is a historic commercial building located at Milford, Pike County, Pennsylvania. The original section was built in 1886, and expanded in 1904. It is a large three-story, eight-bay wide building constructed of bluestone. It features a steep pointed roof, small towers, gables, dormers, and three bluestone chimneys in a Châteauesque style.

The 1904 addition was built to house classrooms and auditoriums for the summer forestry Masters program operated by the Yale School of Forestry at nearby Grey Towers. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1] It is located within the Milford Historic District.

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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 June 1, 2012.Note: This includes Betz Steiner; Leon Husson; Carson O. Helfrich (December 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Forester's Hall" (PDF). Retrieved May 30, 2012.

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