Old Homestead (Enon Valley, Pennsylvania)

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Old Homestead

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Old Homestead, April 2009
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Location Northwest of Enon Valley off Pennsylvania Route 351, Little Beaver Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°52′28″N80°28′17″W / 40.87444°N 80.47139°W / 40.87444; -80.47139 Coordinates: 40°52′28″N80°28′17″W / 40.87444°N 80.47139°W / 40.87444; -80.47139
Area 3.7 acres (1.5 ha)
Built 1824-1825
Architectural style Federal
NRHP reference # 80003542 [1]
Added to NRHP August 22, 1980

Old Homestead, also known as Pine Grove Farm and Honey Creek Farm, is a historic home located in Little Beaver Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. It was built between 1824 and 1825, and is a 2 12-story, Federal-style dwelling with a gable roof. The building measures 39 feet, 4 inches, by 38 feet, 6 inches. It features unusual stepped front and rear walls. [2]

Little Beaver Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania Township in Pennsylvania, United States

Little Beaver Township is a township in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,411 at the 2010 census.

Lawrence County, Pennsylvania County in the United States

Lawrence County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 91,108. The county seat is New Castle.

Federal architecture architectural style

Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the newly founded United States between c. 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815. This style shares its name with its era, the Federalist Era. The name Federal style is also used in association with furniture design in the United States of the same time period. The style broadly corresponds to the classicism of Biedermeier style in the German-speaking lands, Regency architecture in Britain and to the French Empire style.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System.Note: This includes William J. Brown (August 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Old Homestead" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-05.