Skippack is a census-designated place (CDP) in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,758 at the 2010 census.
Hunziker House refers to several historic houses in the United States; including Julius Hunziker House, Marge Hunziker House and O. F. Hunziker House. Hunziker House also refers to the "Casa Hunziker" found in Switzerland.
Joy Farm, also known as the E. E. Cummings House, is a historic farmstead on Joy Farm Road in the Silver Lake part of Madison, New Hampshire. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1971 in recognition for its place as the longtime summer home of poet E. E. Cummings (1894–1962).
Townsend House, also known as Lundale Farm, is a historic home located near Pughtown in South Coventry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was built in three phases. The oldest section dates to 1796, with additions made in the early 19th century, and in 1950. The main house was built in the first two phases and is a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay, random fieldstone structure coated in stucco. It has a gable roof and a brick chimney at the west gable end. The 1950 addition is a 2+1⁄2-story structure attached at the east end. Also on the property is a stone springhouse dated to the early 18th century.
White Horse Farm, also known as the Elijah F. Pennypacker House, is a historic home and farm located in Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The original section was built around 1770. In the 19th century, it was the home of abolitionist Elijah F. Pennypacker and served as a station on the Underground Railroad. The farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
The William Shelly School and Annex, also known as the Eberton School, is a historic school building and annex located in West York, York County, Pennsylvania. Built circa 1897, the Shelly Annex was initially designed as a one-room school, but was then enlarged twice between 1898 and 1903 to become a 2 1/2-story, gable roofed brick building which is three bays wide and seven bays deep. Built between 1905 and 1908, the Shelly School was designed in the Italian Renaissance style, and is a two-story brick structure which is nine bays wide and seven bays deep. Completely rebuilt following a fire in 1919, the property was sold in 1960; the buildings were then utilized as storage facilities for the next 37 years.
Greene Hills Farm, also known as the Greene County Historical Society Museum, is a historic home located at Franklin Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania. The house was built in 1861, as a 2+1⁄2-story, nine-bay by four-bay, brick dwelling with a gable roof in the Georgian style. It was expanded in the 1880s with a 2+1⁄2-story, brick addition with a gable roof. Another 2+1⁄2-story addition was built about 1900. It was the county home for the aged from the 1880s through 1964, when it closed. It was renovated starting in 1969, to house the Greene County Historical Society museum collection and library.
Troxell-Steckel House is a historic home located at Egypt, Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1756, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, fieldstone dwelling with a high-pitched gable roof in the Pennsylvania-German style. It measures 48 feet long and 35 feet wide. Also on the property is a contributing stone spring house and late-19th century barn. The house and property were given to the Lehigh County Historical Society in 1942, and is now open as a historic house museum.
The George K. Heller School, also known as the Cheltenham Center for the Arts, is a historic school building located in Ashmead Village, Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was originally built in 1883 to house the first Cheltenham High School, and expanded in 1893 and 1906. Later additions took place between 1963 and 1969, after it was converted to the Cheltenham Center for the Arts. The stone school building ranges from 1 1/2- to 2 1/2-stories and has intersecting gable roofs. The roof is topped by a square cupola. A school was located on this site as early as 1795 and it was considered the oldest public school site in continuous use at the time of its closing in 1953.
Landis Homestead, also known as the Morris Jarrett Farm, is a historic home located near Tylersport in Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The main farm house was built in 1839, and is a 2 1/2-story, four bay by two bay, stucco over stone dwelling. It has a medium pitched gable roof. Also on the property is a contributing barn.
Henry Melchior Muhlenberg House, also known as the John J. Schrack House, is a historic home located at Trappe, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The house was built about 1755, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, five bay, stone dwelling with a gable roof. It measures approximately 39 feet by 31 feet. Between 1994 and 1998, the house was restored to its 1776-1787 appearance. This was the period of residency by Rev. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg (1711-1787), patriarch of the Lutheran Church in the United States, and father of Peter Muhlenberg (1746-1807) and Frederick Muhlenberg (1750-1801). Also on the property are the remains of a pottery kiln dated to about 1720. It is the oldest intact pottery kiln known in Pennsylvania. The house is owned by the Trappe Historical Society and open as a historic house museum.
Kuster Mill, also known as Custer's Fulling Mill and Skippack Creek Farm, is a historic fulling mill located in Evansburg State Park on Skippack Creek at Collegeville, Skippack Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The complex includes three contributing buildings and one contributing structure. They are the original mill, mill race, a stone house, and Dutch bank barn.
William Kirk House, also known as the Warrior Run Farm, is a historic home located at Delaware Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1828, and is a two-story, five bay, rectangular brick dwelling with a two-story rear ell. It has a gable roof dated to about 1870, with a decorated cornice. The interior has a center hall plan. Also on the property is a contributing large barn with a gable roof and silo.
Moses Coates Jr. Farm, also known as Meadow Brook Farm, is a historic home and farm located in Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The house is a 2+1⁄2-story, ell-shaped, stuccoed stone structure with a gable roof. The oldest section dates to about 1754, as a two-story, six-bay two room over two room house in the Georgian style. About 1800, a three-bay section was added. An addition expansion was in 1896, and the house reconstructed in 1933 for use as a clubhouse, at which time the property was converted to a 9-hole golf course. Also on the property are a contributing bank barn, carriage house, and two spring houses. During the American Revolution the house served as officer's quarters for American officers in late-1777 and early-1778 during the encampment at Valley Forge.
John Bell Farm is a historic home and farm complex located in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was originally built in the 1840s and extensively remodeled in 1889 in the Queen Anne style. The original house consists of the two-story, five bay, stone central block with two-story service wing. When remodeled, the roof received a cross-gable and dormer windows. Also added was the two-story library wing, kitchen extension, and two-sided porch. Also on the property are a contributing spring house, tenant house, corn crib, and barn.
Vincent Forge Mansion, also known as Young's Forge Mansion and Kerry Dell Farm, is a historic home located in East Vincent Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1770, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay by two-bay, stone dwelling with a gable roof and pent. It was originally the ironmaster's home and office at an 18th-century iron forge. The forge operated from about 1760 to 1800. The house later became a farm house. In 1925, the property was sold to the Catholic Church for use as a boy's summer camp. The camp closed in the late-1970s.
Springdale Farm, also known as Elwood Mendenhall Farm, is a historic home located in Pennsbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The original house was built before 1748, and now forms a wing of the main house. The main house was built in 1836, and is a 2 1/2-story, five bay, stone Federal-style dwelling. It has a steep gable roof and a long porch added in the 1870s. The property has been continuously owned by the Mendenhall family since 1703.
Baily Farm is a historic home and barn located in West Bradford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The house was built about 1795, and is a two-story, five bay, stuccoed stone dwelling in a vernacular Federal style. It has a gable roof with gable end chimneys. Also on the property is a frame bank barn on a stone foundation. It is believed to date to the 18th century.
Indian Deep Farm is a historic home and farm located in Newlin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The house consists of a two-story, five bay, brick main block dated to the 1830s, with a two-story, two bay, stone core section. Both the main block and core have gable roofs. Also on the property is a stone and frame bank barn, shop, slaughterhouse, and 1 1/2-story frame tenant house built over a spring. The property also includes a stone walled stockyard.
Joseph Everett Chandler is considered a major proponent of the Colonial Revival architecture.
