Terracina | |
Location | 76 S. 1st Ave., Coatesville, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 39°58′52″N75°49′21″W / 39.98111°N 75.82250°W |
Area | 2.1 acres (0.85 ha) |
Built | 1848 |
Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
Part of | Coatesville Historic District Lukens Historic District (ID87000667 94001186) |
NRHP reference No. | 78002369 [1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | December 13, 1978 |
Designated CP | May 14, 1987 |
Designated NHLDCP | April 19, 1994 |
Terracina, also known as The Huston House, is an historic, American home that is located in Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]
Built in 1848, this historic structure is a 2+1⁄2-story, stuccoed stone dwelling with a steeply pitched roof. Designed in the Gothic Revival style, it has a two-story, flat-roofed rear wing, and features a full-width, hipped-roof front porch. The house was built as a wedding present by Rebecca Lukens for her daughter Isabella upon her marriage to Dr. Charles Huston. [2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1] It is also part of the Lukens Historic District which was listed as a National Historic Landmark in 1994. [3]
The Lukens Historic District encompasses four properties in Coatesville, Pennsylvania associated with the 19th and early 20th-century history of the Lukens Steel Company and the family of Rebecca Lukens (1794–1854). Lukens was the first woman to head a major industrial firm in the United States, and played a leading role in the development of the American steel industry. The district was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1994.
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Rebecca Lukens (1794–1854), born Rebecca Webb Pennock, was an American businesswoman. She was the owner and manager of the iron and steel mill which became the Lukens Steel Company of Coatesville, Pennsylvania. Fortune Magazine called her "America's first female CEO of an industrial company" and its board of editors named her to the National Business Hall of Fame in 1994.
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