Forester's Hall | |
Location | Broad and Hartford Sts., Milford, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 41°19′21″N74°48′14″W / 41.32250°N 74.80389°W |
Area | 0.7 acres (0.28 ha) |
Built | 1904 |
Architect | E.S. Wolfe; Hunt & Hunt |
Architectural style | Renaissance, Chateauesque |
NRHP reference No. | 83002282 [1] |
Added to NRHP | July 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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