Gass House

Last updated
Gass House
Gass House FrankCo PA 1.JPG
USA Pennsylvania location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
LocationEast of Chambersburg off U.S. Route 30, Guilford Township
Coordinates 39°55′46″N77°37′46″W / 39.92944°N 77.62944°W / 39.92944; -77.62944
Area0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Builtc. 1760
NRHP reference No. 77001168 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 11, 1977

The Gass House, also known as Gass Family Home, Farm House at Franklin Farms, and Union Plantation, is an historic home which is located in Guilford Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. [1]

History and architectural features

Built sometime around 1760, this historic structure is a two-and-one-half-story, five-bay, fieldstone dwelling. It has a two-story, two-bay-by-two-bay limestone extension on the north side, and is an example of Scotch-Irish farmhouse architecture. [2]

William Gass, a fuller who had immigrated from Ireland, built the house circa 1760, and left it to his brother Benjamin. Benjamin's son, Patrick Gass, was born in the house. Patrick later became a soldier and a carpenter and was an important member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Although Patrick was in line to inherit the house, it is unclear whether he ever lived in it as the owner. [2]

In 1808, the house was sold to the county for use as an almshouse. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. [1]

Related Research Articles

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

Coldbrook Farm is a historic home and farm located at Chambersburg in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The property has a large stone house, a frame bank barn, and a stone spring house. All were built about 1800. The house consists of a two-story, five-bay, central section in the Georgian style, flanked by two-story, three-bay recessed wings. Colonial Revival-style modifications, such as roof dormers and colonnade were added in the late-19th century.

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

Mitchell-Shook House is a historic home located at Greencastle in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. It was built between about 1800 and 1810, and is a two-story, L-shaped limestone building. The house is in a vernacular Federal style. It is five bay wide and has a two-story, flat roofed front porch dated to the 1940s.

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

The James Finley House, also known as the Commanding Officer's Residence, is an historic American home that is located at the Letterkenny Army Depot in Greene Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

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

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Culbertson–Harbison Farm</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

Culbertson–Harbison Farm is a historic home and farm complex located at Greene Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The house was built between 1798 and 1800, and is a two-story, five-bay, limestone dwelling in the Federal style. It has a two-story, three-bay stone addition built between 1820 and 1840. Attached to the addition is a frame kitchen addition and brick smokehouse. Also on the property are the contributing large frame Pennsylvania bank barn with three hexagonal cupolas, a small frame privy, and other outbuildings.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brotherton Farm</span> Historic building in Pennsylvania

Brotherton Farm, also known as the Brotherton-McKenzie Farm, is a historic home and farm complex located at Guilford Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The house was built about 1820, and is a two-story, five-bay, L-shaped limestone dwelling in the Federal style. It has a two-story, four-bay rear ell. Also on the property are the contributing 1+1⁄2-story stone spring house, frame wash house, and frame bank barn.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Spring Grove Farm and Distillery</span> United States historic place

The Spring Grove Farm and Distillery is an historic, American farm complex and distillery site that is located in Antrim Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stover–Winger Farm</span> United States historic place

The Stover–Winger Farm, also known as Tayamentasachta, is an historic, American farm complex that is located in Antrim Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

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

The Angle Farm, also known as Maplebrow, is a historic home located southeast of Mercersburg in Montgomery Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. A three-part, two-story, five-bay log and timber frame dwelling, it is supported by a fieldstone foundation.

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

The Millmont Farm is an historic, American home and farm complex that is located in Montgomery Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

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

Findlay Farm is a historic home and farm complex located at Peters Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The house was built between 1825 and 1830, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay rubble limestone dwelling with a gable roof. It has a full-length front porch added in the early 20th century. Also on the property is a 19th-century frame barn. The property was once owned by Pennsylvania Governor and U.S. Senator William Findlay (1768–1856), who sold it in 1823.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Church Hill Farm</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

Church Hill Farm is a historic home and farm complex located at Peters Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The house is a three-part, two-story stone-and-frame dwelling. It has 2 three-bay stone sections dated to the 1820s or 1830s, with a two-story, frame addition dated between 1840 and 1900. Also on the property are a contributing barn, out kitchen, corn crib, and wagon shed.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">McCoy–Shoemaker Farm</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

McCoy–Shoemaker Farm is a historic home and farm complex located at Peters Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The property includes a main house dated to the 1820s or 1830s, a 1+1⁄2-story stone spring house and dwelling built about 1800 with frame addition, large stone end bank barn, frame wash house, stone smokehouse, and brick privy. The main house is a two-story, five-bay, L-shaped brick building on a fieldstone foundation. The stone spring house may have also been used as a distillery.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Woodland (St. Thomas Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania)</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

Woodland is an historic, American home and farm complex that is located in St. Thomas Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jeremiah Burns Farm</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

The Jeremiah Burns Farm, also known as The Burns Place, is an historic American home and farm that are located in Washington Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joseph J. Oller House</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

The Joseph J. Oller House is an American historic home that is located in Waynesboro in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Royer–Nicodemus House and Farm</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

The Royer–Nicodemus House and Farm, also known as the Renfrew Museum and Park, is an historic, American home and farm that is located in Waynesboro in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Greene Hills Farm</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

The Greene Hills Farm, also known as the Greene County Historical Society Museum, is an historic home which is located in Franklin Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania.

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

The Sotcher Farmhouse, also known as "Three Arches," is an historic, American home that is located in Fairless Hills, Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

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

The Vincent Forge Mansion, also known as Young's Forge Mansion and the Kerry Dell Farm, is an historic, American home that is located in East Vincent Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 "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 Chris Dunlevey (January 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Gass House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-04.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.