Friendship Hill was the home of early American politician and statesman Albert Gallatin (1761–1849). Gallatin was a U.S. Congressman, the longest-serving Secretary of the Treasury under two presidents, and ambassador to France and Great Britain. The house overlooks the Monongahela River near Point Marion, Pennsylvania, about 50 miles (80 km) south of Pittsburgh.
Highland, formerly Ash Lawn–Highland, located near Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, and adjacent to Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, was the estate of James Monroe, fifth president of the United States. Purchased in 1793, Monroe and his family permanently settled on the property in 1799 and lived at Highland for twenty-five years. Personal debt forced Monroe to sell the plantation in 1825. Before and after selling Highland, Monroe spent much of his time living at the plantation house at his large Oak Hill estate near Leesburg, Virginia.
Kentuck Knob, also known as the Hagan House, is a house designed by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in rural Stewart Township near the village of Chalk Hill, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA, 45 miles (72 km) southeast of Pittsburgh. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2000 for the quality of its architecture.
Tulpehocken Manor Plantation, also known as the Ley Home, is a historic property which is located near Myerstown, Jackson Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
The John Abbott House is an historic house located on King Street in Abbottstown, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 22, 1980.
William Donaldson House is a historic home located at Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1888, and is a 3 1/2-story Queen Anne style dwelling. A rear addition was constructed about 1910. It has a stone foundation, brick first story, and wood shingle second and third stories. It features irregular massing, a variety of surface textures, multiple intersecting roofs, bay windows, porch and balconies, and a turret with spindle. The house was converted to apartments in 1925.
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+1⁄2-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.
Hugh Laughlin House is a historic home located at Redstone Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It consists of two sections. The older was built between about 1785 and 1795, and is a two-story, three bay, stone structure in the Georgian style. It measures 26 feet by 30 feet. A 1 1/2-story sandstone section was added between about 1800 and 1810. It measures 22 feet by 20 feet. Also on the property are the ruins of a large brick spring house.
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.
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.
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.
Millmont Farm is a historic home and farm complex at Montgomery Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The property includes the main house, a double log house, a stone and frame secondary dwelling, a large frame bank barn, and the site of a grist mill. The main house was built between 1798 and 1821, and is a 2-story, five bay stone dwelling with a 1 1/2-story rear wing. It has a vernacular Georgian plan. The property was owned by James Ramsey, whose granddaughters were the sisters Jane Irwin Harrison (1804–1846), daughter-in-law of and White House hostess for U.S. President William Henry Harrison, and Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin Harrison (1810–1850), mother of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison.
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.
Abbeville, also known as Mt. Pleasant, is a historic home located at 1140 Columbia Avenue in Lancaster Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Weber–Weaver Farm is a historic home and farm located at West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The property includes the Hans Weber House (1724), the Weber summer kitchen, the Weber barn, The John Weaver House and summer kitchen, the Weaver barn, the Weaver shed, and the Weaver garage (1930). The Hans Weber House is a stone dwelling modeled on the Hans Herr House in its Germanic style. It measure 36 feet by 34 feet, and was enlarged to a full two-stories and renovated between 1790 and 1810. The John Weaver House was built as a two-story, Georgian style dwelling, subsequently enlarged and modified during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Trout Hall is a historic home located at Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It is one of the older homes in Allentown, built between 1768 and 1770, and is a 2 1/2-story, stone dwelling in the Georgian style. It was built as a summer home by James Allen, the third son of William Allen, founder of Allentown. Today, it houses the library and museum of the Lehigh County Historical Society.
Nutting Hall is a historic home located at 205 South Tulpehocken Street in the Borough of Pine Grove, in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Erected between 1823 and 1825 for Christian Lay who had, as a boy, met and come to know American President George Washington, it was built by Peter Filbert, a pioneering industrialist who was involved in Pine Grove's founding.
Peter Spicker House is a historic home located at Stouchsburg, Marion Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It is a native limestone dwelling with first section was built about 1740, with the central portion added about 1750, and the eastern section about 1800. It is reflective of the transition from the Germanic to the Georgian style. The oldest section is 1+1⁄2 stories, three bays wide. The central section is 2+1⁄2 stories and also three bays wide, with a gable and pent roof. The eastern section is also 2+1⁄2 stories, six bays wide, with a gable roof. Also on the property is a late-18th century, stone Pennsylvania German bank barn.
Jacob Funk House and Barn is a historic home located at Springfield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The house consists of three sections; the oldest built about 1792. It is a 2 1/2-story, stone dwelling measuring 40 feet wide and 28 feet deep and originally reflective of the Georgian style. The oldest section is a two-story, two bay, stone structure two rooms deep. About 1855, a two-story, three-bay extension was added to the east gable. A kitchen and bath addition was built about 1930. The house was remodeled in the Colonial Revival style between about 1945 and 1955, at which time a one-story addition and deck were added to the rear of the house. Also on the property are a contributing stone bank barn and stone spring house.
Springton Manor Farm is a historic farm and national historic district located in Wallace Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The farm has 14 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 5 contributing structures. They include the main house, a cistern, tool shed, privy, spring and milk house, carriage house, small barn, corn crib, bank barn, stone lean-to, the ruins of a stone spring house, and hydraulic dams. The main house is in three sections; the earliest dates about 1836, with additions and modifications made in 1887 and 1912. It is a 2 1/2-story, seven bay by two bay, stuccoed stone dwelling with Georgian and Queen Anne style design details. Originally built by Joseph Muckleduff in the early 1700s. Upon Joseph's death 9 Sep 1750, Springton Manor was left to his brother Samuel Muckleduff. [Chester Co PA Wills & Mention in Wills 1713 - 1825]. It was the home of Congressman Abraham Robinson McIlvaine (1804-1863). The property is administered as a park and agricultural history museum by Chester County.
