Slifer House

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Slifer House
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Slifer House, October 2011
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LocationNorth of Lewisburg off U.S. Route 15 on Pennsylvania Route 59024, Kelly Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°58′33″N76°52′59″W / 40.97583°N 76.88306°W / 40.97583; -76.88306
Arealess than one acre
Built1861(163 years ago) (1861)
Architect Samuel Sloan
Architectural styleVictorian
NRHP reference No. 75001668 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 18, 1975

Slifer House, also known as the Administration Building-Evangelical Home, is a historic home that is located in Kelly Township , Pennsylvania, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [1]

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History and architectural features

Designed by noted Philadelphia architect Samuel Sloan, this historic structure was built in 1861 as a country home for Lewisburg merchant Eli Slifer (1818–1888). It has a 2+12-story, brick, square main section, with two rectangular rear wings. The main section has a hipped roof with cross gables and was designed in a Victorian style. It features wraparound and two-story porches and a four-story square tower, and has housed elder care facilities since 1916, when it was purchased by the Evangelical Association. [2]

This house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, [1] and is now owned by Albright Care Services, which operated it as a Victorian-era historic house museum until the museum's closure in 2022. It featured artifacts from its use over the years as a home for seniors, orphanage and community hospital.

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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 William K. Watson (March 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Slifer House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-03.