Glassworks-Gabler House

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Glassworks-Gabler House
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Vacant lot where the house once stood. The Glassworks-Core House is on the right, the Reppert-Gabler House is across the street to the left.
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LocationPA 2014, in Glassworks, Monongahela Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°48′0″N79°54′48″W / 39.80000°N 79.91333°W / 39.80000; -79.91333 Coordinates: 39°48′0″N79°54′48″W / 39.80000°N 79.91333°W / 39.80000; -79.91333
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1810
Architectural styleVernacular Georgian
MPS Greensboro--New Geneva MPS
NRHP reference No. 95000120 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 27, 1995

The Glassworks-Gabler House, also known as Building 302A, is an historic home which is located in Monongahela Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. [1]

History and architectural features

Built circa 1810, the Glassworks-Gabler House is a twoand-one-half-story, three-bay, vernacular, log dwelling, which sits on a rubblestone foundation. It has a rear kitchen addition that was erected during the twentieth century. The house was possibly built as part of the "New Geneva Glass Works Lot" for Albert Gallatin, an original investor in the New Geneva Glass Works. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "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" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System.Note: This includes Jerry A. Clouse (September 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Glassworks-Gabler House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-09.