Plantation Plenty | |
Nearest city | Avella, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°15′17″N80°27′40″W / 40.25472°N 80.46111°W |
Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
Built | 1815 |
Architectural style | Georgian |
NRHP reference No. | 75001673 [1] |
Added to NRHP | June 21, 1975 |
Plantation Plenty, also known as the Isaac Manchester House, is an historic American building which is located in Avella, Pennsylvania.
It was designated as a historic residential landmark/farmstead by the Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation, [2] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, [1] with a boundary enlargement and renaming undertaken in 2016. [3]
The property is endangered by longwall coal mining. [4]
In 2011, it was named to the list of America's Most Endangered Places by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. [5] [6] [7]
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