Forry House

Last updated
Forry House
Forry House 1809.JPG
Forry House, November 2010
USA Pennsylvania location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Location149 N. Newberry St., York, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°57′46″N76°44′9″W / 39.96278°N 76.73583°W / 39.96278; -76.73583
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1809
Built byForry, Rudolph
NRHP reference No. 77001208 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 27, 1977

Forry House is a historic home located at York, York County, Pennsylvania. Built in 1809 by Rudolph Forry, it is a 2+12-story, limestone dwelling with a gable roof and two gable end brick chimneys. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. [1]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Forry's Mill Covered Bridge</span> Bridge in Pennsylvania, United States

The Forry's Mill Covered Bridge is the last covered bridge that spans Chiques Creek in West Hempfield in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. A county-owned and maintained bridge, its official designation is the Big Chiques #7 Bridge..

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Callahan House (Milford, Pennsylvania)</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

The Callahan House, also known as the Jacob Helm House, is a historic home located in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area south of Milford, in Dingman Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania. It was built in two sections, with the older dated to about 1800 and the later to about 1820. It is a long, 1+12-story, clapboard-clad frame dwelling with a steep gable roof. It features exposed chimney backs at the first floor exterior in the Dutch style, and a porch along the newer wing.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Warrington Meetinghouse</span> Historic church in Pennsylvania, United States

Warrington Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker meeting house on PA 74 in Wellsville, Warrington Township, York County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1769, and is a one-story, uncoursed fieldstone building with a steeply pitched gable roof.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">York Meetinghouse</span> Historic church in Pennsylvania, United States

The York Meetinghouse is an historic, American Quaker meeting house that is located at 135 West Philadelphia Street in York, York County, Pennsylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">York Central Market</span> United States historic place

The York Central Market, also known as Central Market York, is an historic, American public market that is located in York, Pennsylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Seipsville Hotel</span> United States historic place

The Seipsville Hotel, also known as Seip's Hotel, Seip's Tavern, and the Seipsville Rib House, is an historic, American inn and tavern that is located in Palmer Township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maj. Jared B. Fisher House</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

The Maj. Jared B. Fisher House is an historic, American home that is located in Gregg Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">William Allison House (Spring Mills, Pennsylvania)</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

The William Allison House is an historic American home that is located in Gregg Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Iddings-Baldridge House</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

The Iddings-Baldridge House is an historic, American home that is located in Milesburg in Centre County, Pennsylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stewartstown Engine House, Stewartstown Railroad</span> United States historic place

Stewartstown Engine House, Stewartstown Railroad is a historic railroad engine house located at Stewartstown, York County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1884, and is a simple weatherboard building with a metal covered gable roof built by the Stewartstown Railroad. It has two large bay doors on the front facade and a cement block addition.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ashton-Hursh House</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

The Ashton-Hursh House is a historic home and outbuilding located at 204 Limekiln Road in Fairview Township, York County, Pennsylvania. Built in stages between approximately 1764 and 1830, it is a 2+12-story, L-shaped, Federal style log, frame, and stone dwelling. Situated on a limestone foundation, the home also has a gable roof and three Greek Revival-style porticos. The frame outbuilding may date as early as 1734; it was renovated circa 1830. The outbuilding is believed by historians to be York County's oldest occupied structure.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dritt Mansion</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

Dritt Mansion, named after its longest occupants, and also called Pleasant Garden, and current home to the Zimmerman Center for Heritage, is a historic home located at Lower Windsor Township, York County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1758, and is a 2+12-story, fieldstone dwelling. It measures 50 feet (15.2 m) long and 40 (12.2 m) feet wide, with a cedar-shingled gable roof. The house has remained virtually unchanged since its construction. The land the house is on was first granted by Lord Baltimore to Thomas Cresap in 1729, who operated a ferry here and claimed the area for Maryland. Cresap was arrested in 1736 and driven away after skirmishes known as "Cresap's War"—a dispute finally resolved in 1784 when the Mason–Dixon line was established. Today the home plays host to Heritage Area offices and programs and the Visions of the Susquehanna River Art Collection.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hammersly-Strominger House</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

Hammersly-Strominger House is a historic home located at Newberry Township, York County, Pennsylvania. It was built in two phases. The first section was built about 1790, and is a 2+12-story, log structure with a gable roof. A 2+12-story, gable-roofed, stone section was added in 1835. It features a shed-roofed porch.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Farmers Market (York, Pennsylvania)</span> United States historic place

Farmers Market, more commonly called Penn Market and also known as York Farmers' Market or Market & Penn Street Farmers' Market, is a historic public market located in York, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1876 and expanded about 1890. The original section is a simple 60 feet wide and 80 feet long gable roofed brick building. A 40 foot wide rectangular section was added in the expansion and the two sections were joined under a single, moderately pitched gable roof. With the expansion, a five bay wide false front was added to unify the building. The front facade features two ornamental circular windows. Attached to the main building are three auxiliary buildings including a Queen Anne style stable.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">William Shelly School and Annex</span> United States historic place

The William Shelly School and Annex, also known as the Eberton School, is a historic school building and annex located in West York, York County, Pennsylvania. Built circa 1897, the Shelly Annex was initially designed as a one-room school, but was then enlarged twice between 1898 and 1903 to become a 2 1/2-story, gable roofed brick building which is three bays wide and seven bays deep. Built between 1905 and 1908, the Shelly School was designed in the Italian Renaissance style, and is a two-story brick structure which is nine bays wide and seven bays deep. Completely rebuilt following a fire in 1919, the property was sold in 1960; the buildings were then utilized as storage facilities for the next 37 years.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wallace-Cross Mill</span> United States historic place

Wallace-Cross Mill is a historic grist mill located at East Hopewell Township, York County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1826, and is a 2 1/2-story, frame building on a stone foundation. It has a gable roof with decorative bargeboard. It has an 11 feet in diameter, 4 feet wide, steel water wheel to run the machinery. The mill was given to York County by its owner in 1979.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bachman and Forry Tobacco Warehouse</span> United States historic place

Bachman and Forry Tobacco Warehouse is a historic tobacco warehouse located at Columbia in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was built between 1893 and 1895, and is a 3 1/2-story, rectangular brick building with a gable roof. It sits on a stone foundation and measures 54 feet by 85 feet.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Schoonover Mountain House</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

The Schoonover Mountain House, also known as the Schoonover Farm, is an historic, American home that is located in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area at Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">George K. Heller School</span> United States historic place

The George K. Heller School, also known as the Cheltenham Center for the Arts, is a historic school building located in Ashmead Village, Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was originally built in 1883 to house the first Cheltenham High School, and expanded in 1893 and 1906. Later additions took place between 1963 and 1969, after it was converted to the Cheltenham Center for the Arts. The stone school building ranges from 1 1/2- to 2 1/2-stories and has intersecting gable roofs. The roof is topped by a square cupola. A school was located on this site as early as 1795 and it was considered the oldest public school site in continuous use at the time of its closing in 1953.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peter Harvey House and Barn</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

The Peter Harvey House and Barn is an historic, American home and barn complex that is located in Pennsbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

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 2011-12-19.Note: This includes Thomas Fouset and Susan Zacher (January 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Forry House" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-18.